Penguins Announce New Coaching Staff
Moss doesn’t grow on a rolling stone.
In keeping with the old saying, Penguins POHO/GM Kyle Dubas continued to move with a purpose through the early stages of what promises to be a very eventful off-season.
Two weeks and change after hiring first-timer Dan Muse to succeed Mike Sullivan, Dubas fleshed out the Pens’ coaching staff with a quartet of new hires.
Joining Muse behind the black-and-gold bench will be Todd Nelson (pictured), Nick Bonino and Rich Clune. Troy Paquette becomes the new assistant video coach.
In somewhat of an eyebrow raiser given the porous nature of our netminding, Andy Chiodo has been retained as goaltending coach.
Nelson, 56, a former fourth-round pick of the Pens in 1989 (he played one game for us), has been viewed as a rising star and is highly regarded. The Prince Albert, Saskatchewan native was rumored to be a dark-horse candidate to replace Sullivan. He has 24 years of minor-league and NHL coaching experience, both as an assistant and head coach.
His very impressive head coaching resume includes five championships, including back-to-back titles with the Muskegon Fury of the UHL in ’04 and ’05, a Calder Cup with the AHL Grand Rapids Griffins in ’17, and back-to-back Calder Cups with Hershey in ’23 and ’24.
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