André Turnijs Photo: CBC
The National Hockey League (NHL) team Arizona “Coyotes” has hired Andre Turny as the head coach, who was crowned the world champion in the Canadian national team in Riga at the beginning of June.
On May 9, Coyotes announced the termination of its contract with head coach Rick Tochet, who failed to reach the playoffs this season. On Thursday, Coyotes announced that a contract has been signed with head coach Turnia. At the turn of May and June in Riga, he was an assistant to the Canadian national teammate Gerard Galan. “I want to see my joining played as a new beginning. I don’t want to stick to the events of the past, so I will give everyone a chance to start all over again, “said the new Coyotes coach. “I want the players to return to the team with the desire to prove themselves in the eyes of the new coach. Everything that has happened before is insignificant. ”
Coyotes signed a three-year contract with Tourney. Previously, the specialist worked in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League (OHL), where he led the Ottawa team. 2018./19. and in the 2019/20 season, he was named the best coach of the year in the OHL Championship. He earned the same honor in the 2005/06 season in the Quebec Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).
During his career, Turnney worked as an assistant coach in the Avalanche and Ottawa Senators in Colorado. The final series of the Stanley Cup is still going on, in which the champion of Tampa Bay “Lightning” wins the Montreal “Canadiens” 2-0. The Stanley Cup will be won by the first team to win four. Usually in the NHL regular season, the teams play 82 matches each, but this season the teams each played 56 duels.
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