The Islanders added Chris Lamoriello to their front office Friday, naming him director of player personnel. He’s well-known in AHL circles for his long service with the Devils’ organization.
A Josh Ho-Sang Q&A that, as Brett Cyrgalis tweets, makes you figure covering the guy must be fun.
Columbus wasted no time (or, considering the same-named coach from another sport, “Boom”):
| TEAM | Old | New |
| BIN | Luke Richardson (4/18) | Kurt Kleinendorst (6/8) |
| MTB | Keith McCambridge (4/22) | Pascal Vincent (5/27) |
| SA | Dean Chynoweth (4/26) | Eric Veilleux (7/6) |
| CHA | Mark Morris (5/3, St. Lawrence) | Ulf Samuelsson (5/31) |
| SYR | Rob Zettler (5/10) | Benoit Groulx (5/10) |
| ROC | Randy Cunneyworth (5/16) | Dan Lambert (5/16) |
| PVD | Bruce Cassidy (5/24, BOS ass’t) | Kevin Dean (7/18) |
| TUC-s | Ron Rolston (5/24) | Mark Lamb (6/21) |
| SPR-s | Scott Allen (FLA ass’t, 5/30) | Geordie Kinnear (6/7) |
| CHI | John Anderson (6/2, MIN ass’t) | Craig Berube (6/29) |
| IOW | David Cunniff (interim)(6/20) | Derek Lalonde (6/20) |
| CLE | Jared Bednar (8/25, COL) | John Madden (8/29) |
s-Tucson being the old Springfield; Springfield being the old Portland.
Thanks to Stan for the strong pointer that Haralds Vasiljevs, father of former Beast of New Haven standout Herberts, took over as Latvia’s national-team coach.
From the Wall Street Journal, golf looks at a rule-book makeover to try to bring the vernacular to the sport.
RIP, D.A. Henderson. And thanks to Stan for the heads up: RIP, Marvin Kaplan.