Rookie Coaches Enjoying Playoff Chess Match

Rod Brind’Amour does not think what he is doing is anything special.
Brind’Amour not only has the Carolina Hurricanes in the playoffs in his first season as coach but has made the necessary adjustments to tie their series against the defending Stanley …

Montgomery Steers Stars to Playoffs in Pro Debut

DALLAS — While the NHL buzzed in early January over the Dallas Stars CEO profanely ripping the franchise’s two best players, first-year coach Jim Montgomery worked to figure out how to make defence the priority for a team that was having trouble scorin…

Stars’ Management Showing Impatience

DALLAS — First-year Dallas Stars coach Jim Montgomery called out the franchise for a “culture of mediocrity,” led a feedback-sharing session with players and briefly benched one of his top-scoring forwards.
And this was all in less than a week, not lon…

Offseason NHL Coaching Moves Paying Dividends

It wasn’t the 15-hour flight to China for training camp that had general manager Brad Treliving’s head spinning.
It was the pace of Bill Peters’ first practice as coach of the Calgary Flames.
“I was tired watching it,” Treliving said.
Peters has lost n…

Rangers’ Options With Vigneault Axed

After ending their season yesterday with a 5-0 thumping by the Flyers, who punched their ticket to the playoffs as a result, the New York Rangers wasted little time in…