With the NHL offseason being in full swing for a lot of groups, the teaching carousel noticed one other hiring on Thursday. The Anaheim Geese have introduced that three-time Stanley Cup champion Joel Quenneville can be their subsequent coach.

Quenneville hasn’t coached since resigning in 2021, when he was seven video games into his third season with the Florida Panthers. Following an impartial investigations into the Chicago Blackhawks’ dealing with of sexual assault allegations through the group’s 2010 Stanley Cup run, Quenneville was ineligible to work within the NHL for 3 years.

In July of 2024, Quenneville was reinstated by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman after displaying what was described as “honest regret.”

Quenneville, who received three Cups with the Blackhawks from 2010-2015, will substitute Greg Cronin in Anaheim. Geese GM Pat Verbeek stated the group performed a “complete assessment” of what occurred in 2010 earlier than hiring Quenneville.

Quenneville is not the one large identify to get a brand new job this offseason. The Rangers employed former Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan because the thirty eighth coach in franchise historical past on Could 2. Sullivan parted methods with the Penguins after 10 seasons, by which he led them to seven postseason appearances in seven of these seasons, together with successful back-to-back Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2017.

Sullivan has put collectively a 479-311-112 report in 917 profession video games as a head coach. He has served because the coach of the Boston Bruins (2003-2006) along with the Penguins (2015-2025). Sullivan additionally served as an assistant coach with the Rangers from 2009 till 2013.

In the meantime, after the Vancouver Canucks selected to not choose up the choice on Rick Tocchet’s contract for the 2025-26 season, they tried to get a brand new deal performed, however that by no means materialized. The 2 sides then went their separate methods, and Tocchet is now a training free agent. In his two-plus years with the Canucks, Tocchet led the group to an general report of 108-65-27.

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