David Quinn, Joe Sacco and Ty Hennes are all anticipated to hitch the New York Rangers workers as assistant coaches below new coach Mike Sullivan, a league supply informed The Athletic.
The Rangers have been in a position to identify their assistants when Boston (Marco Sturm) and Pittsburgh (Dan Muse) introduced new head coaches this week, taking all three names out of consideration. Quinn and Sacco are each former NHL head coaches.
The Quinn rent marks a reunion. He was the Rangers’ head coach from 2018-19 to 2020-21, compiling a 96-87-25 file. Normal supervisor Chris Drury fired Quinn shortly taking on as crew president. The 58-year-old coached the San Jose Sharks for 2 seasons and was one in every of Sullivan’s assistants this previous season in Pittsburgh. He’ll possible assist run the ability play in New York.
Joe Sacco spent most of final season as Boston’s interim head coach after the Bruins fired Jim Montgomery. Earlier than taking on for Montgomery, he spent 9 seasons as an assistant coach for the Bruins. He labored intently with the crew’s penalty kill in Boston and received inside one win of getting his identify on the Stanley Cup in 2019. He was additionally the pinnacle coach of the Colorado Avalanche for 4 seasons.
Sullivan, Quinn and Sacco have been school teammates at Boston College, although Quinn didn’t seem in any video games the yr all three overlapped, as he had been recognized with a uncommon dysfunction that prevented blood from clotting correctly. He was nonetheless co-captain of the crew.
Hennes has been below Sullivan his complete NHL teaching profession. He began with the Penguins as a abilities and skating coach in 2018-19, then moved as much as an assistant position in 2022.
Sullivan had already retained goaltending coach Jeff Malcolm and abilities coach Christian Hmura, each of whom have been on Peter Laviolette’s Rangers workers final season. Muse, one in every of Laviolette’s assistants, received the Pittsburgh job, and Michael Peca, one other Laviolette assistant, went to Chicago. Each Muse and Peca had the chance to interview to stay as Rangers assistants after Laviolette’s firing, The Athletic beforehand reported.
(Picture of Joe Sacco with the Bruins in 2024: Michael Reaves / Getty Photos)
