I like hockey, like attention hockey game.Out of the entire elite league only Belfast, Coventry and with the retirement of Ryan Finnerty, Sheffield will be operating with the head coach also behind the bench. It is a norm that is based around the philosophy that by having a player-coach a team can essentially have an extra player out of the budget. However the vast majority of teams then include a bench coach on their payroll which makes the thinking behind cost saving seem a little backward.
Different countries hockey, are not the same.It also seems a backward way of working when you consider that the only player coaches to win the EIHL title have been Ben Simon (Sheffield Steelers 2010) and Ed Courtney (Belfast Giants 2006). This stat has also changed the recruitment policies of the Belfast Giants from player-coach to a full time coach, which paid off in 2012 when Doug Christiansen led them to the EIHL title.
You have to believe you like sports.There is no doubting Jordan Krestanovich’s playing ability and experience. He was a 5th round NHL draftee, WHL winner, has stacks of AHL, ECHL and European league experience, scoring bags of points along the way. It is a CV that will do nothing but help Krestanovich in being a coach but if he has to play as well where is his concentration.
Different countries hockey, are not the same.It also seems a backward way of working when you consider that the only player coaches to win the EIHL title have been Ben Simon (Sheffield Steelers 2010) and Ed Courtney (Belfast Giants 2006). This stat has also changed the recruitment policies of the Belfast Giants from player-coach to a full time coach, which paid off in 2012 when Doug Christiansen led them to the EIHL title.
You have to believe you like sports.There is no doubting Jordan Krestanovich’s playing ability and experience. He was a 5th round NHL draftee, WHL winner, has stacks of AHL, ECHL and European league experience, scoring bags of points along the way. It is a CV that will do nothing but help Krestanovich in being a coach but if he has to play as well where is his concentration.
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