Defenseman Luke Juha, who spent the whole season in Missouri, is off to France, Chamonix. Fun fact: Most of the past season, whenever a random blue Sound Tigers sweater was needed, for a headshot or whatever, pretty much anytime you saw a sweater without seeing a number? It was most likely Luke Juha’s No. 5. (He also had No. 5 in 2015-16 on his ATO, so Juha may have had one number assigned for a longer time without actually playing here than anyone else in Sound Tigers history.)
Elsewhere: RFP time! Best wishes to Islanders fans for future clarity.
The new coach of the Providence Bruins is reportedly a familiar face: Mark Divver reports that Jay Leach, onetime Sound Tigers defenseman and a coach at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Providence over the past few seasons, will be named the P-Broons’ coach during the week. Edit: Done Monday, and Mike Dunham joined Boston’s development staff as well.
TEAM | Old | New |
RCK | Ted Dent (4/25) | Jeremy Colliton (5/18) |
UTI | Travis Green (4/26 – VAN) | Trent Cull (6/28) |
HFD | Ken Gernander (5/16) | Keith McCambridge (6/12) |
ROC | Dan Lambert (5/26) | Chris Taylor (6/30) |
CHI | Craig Berube (6/7) | Rocky Thompson (6/7) |
PRO | Kevin Dean (6/13 – BOS ass’t) | Jay Leach (7/31) |
CHA | Ulf Samuelsson (6/15 – CHI ass’t) | Mike Vellucci (6/15) |
TUC | Mark Lamb (7/26) | Mike Van Ryn (7/26) |
Binghamton has a logo. It is not a ‘B’ with horns and a tail, so it is wrong. (Could use some green, too.)
The new hockey coach at Hand High School in Madison is also a familiar face: AHL linesman Luke Galvin. (I should do the table on that. Eight reported changes, last I looked, out of fewer than 60 programs.)
And RIP, Red Martin, Maurice Filion, Lee May, Marty Sklar and Charlie Gard.