Three coaching notes: Jared Bednar takes over in Peoria, and here’s Dave Eminian‘s story; Mike Russo reports Mike Yeo, former WBS assistant under Mike Therrien, will get the Houston job; speaking of which, former Aeros coach Rob Daum apparently won’t join the Oilers’ kids in Oklahoma. As with the Kevin Dineen/Anaheim/Buffalo dance from a few years ago, we’ll leave Daum and Springfield off the list for the moment, not that in this case I have any inkling that Daum is a Columbus/Springfield candidate
| TEAM | Old | New |
| SYR* | Ross Yates (4/12) | Mark Holick (5/21) |
| HOU | Kevin Constantine (4/15) | — |
| PEO | Rick Wamsley (5/6) | Jared Bednar (6/15) |
| ROC | Benoit Groulx (5/31) | — |
| MTB | Scott Arniel (6/8, CLB head coach) | — |
| HAM | Guy Boucher (6/10, TB head coach) | — |
*-Syracuse’s new coach was hired by Anaheim. Springfield’s new coach will be hired by Columbus. Oklahoma City takes over Edmonton’s affiliation but won’t bring Rob Daum. The latter few will be added to the list when they take effect. Other changes are still to come.