Another ex-Hawk (albeit incredibly briefly): Jersey hired Kurt Kleinendorst today to coach Lowell. So that’s it:
TEAM |
Old | New |
SPR | Dirk Graham (fired 4/17) |
Steve Stirling (5/22) |
PEO | Steve Pleau (end contract, ann. 5/11) |
Dave Baseggio (7/27) |
TOR | Paul Maurice (promoted TOR, 5/12) |
Greg Gilbert (7/27) |
BPT | Dave Baseggio (option not picked up 6/1) |
Dan Marshall (7/17) |
PHI | John Stevens (promoted PHI AC, 6/5) |
Craig Berube (6/14) |
WBS | Joe Mullen (not renewed 6/14) |
Todd Richards (8/3) |
MCR | Jim Hughes (fired 6/17) |
Mark Morris (8/4) |
MTB | Alain Vigneault (promoted VAN, 6/20) |
Scott Arniel (7/5) |
SYR | Gary Agnew (promoted CBJ AC, 7/7) |
Ross Yates (7/20) |
LOW | (Robbie Ftorek* (reassigned, ann. 7/14)) |
Kurt Kleinendorst (8/16) |
*-Was in Albany with New Jersey’s affiliation last year.
(Tom Rowe goes with Carolina’s affiliation to Albany. Roy Sommer goes with San Jose’s affiliation to Worcester.)
Italics: Former Bridgeport Sound Tigers coach.
Bold underline: Former New Haven Nighthawks among incoming coaches, joining Scott Gordon, Pat Conacher and of course John Anderson.
From the blast-from-the-past file, I got a kick out of one of the players Pat Bingham brought to Fort Wayne today.