Since John Hynes departed to become the new head coach of the New Jersey Devils on June 1, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have had a head coaching vacancy. Two weeks into the process, the picture has become clearer when it comes to the next head coach of the Penguins top farm club. On Wednesday, the Devils announced that Wilkes-Barre/Scranton assistant coach and former Penguins defenseman Alain Nasreddine would be joining Hynes in New Jersey. Nasreddine, 39, would have widely been ... Read More
WBS opening comes with proven path to success
Don’t look now, but the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have turned into one of hockey’s greatest coaching factories. With John Hynes being announced as the New Jersey Devils head coach today, five former WBS coaches now man benches in the NHL. Michel Therrien (Montreal Canadiens), Mike Yeo (Minnesota Wild), Todd Richards (Columbus Blue Jackets) and Dan Bylsma (Buffalo Sabres) are all head coaches while Todd Reirden (Washington Capitals) is an NHL assistant and was also rumored to be in the ... Read More
New Jersey Devils to tap WBS coach John Hynes
The New Jersey Devils are expected to announce the hiring of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins head coach John Hynes as their next head coach. The Pittsburgh Sporting News has been able to confirm, via to a source close to the situation, an earlier report by Bob McKenzie of TSN that Hynes would “very likely” get the job in New Jersey. Certainly appears as if PIT's AHL coach John Hynes is the likely leading candidate to be next head coach in NJ. Nothing official, mind you. — Bob McKenzie ... Read More
Report: John Hynes could join Shero in New Jersey
In Ray Shero’s tenure as the general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins, no fewer than four men came out the Penguins organization to become NHL head coaches, and it looks like that trend may continue. Three of them – Michel Therrien in Montreal, Mike Yeo in Minnesota and Todd Richardsa in Columbus – are currently employed in the NHL, while Dan Bylsma is widely expected to be offered a job this offseason. Some have even speculated that Bylsma would be a good fit to re-join Shero in New ... Read More
Is John Hynes the favorite to be next Penguins coach?
After firing Dan Bylsma, new Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford has made it clear that he won't start interviewing head coaching candidates until next week. But there already may be a favorite for the job. Rutherford identified current Wilkes-Barre/Scranton head coach John Hynes as a candidate and did confirm that Hynes will interview for the job next week. The 39-year old Hynes is one of the first candidates identified by Rutherford after posting a 186-102-20 record in ... Read More