Lightning head coach Guy Boucher named to Team Canada as Assistant
Friday, 04.13.2012 / 2:37 PM
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Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Guy Boucher has been named an assistant coach for Team Canada at the upcoming IIHF World Championships today, Hockey Canada announced. The tournament runs from May 4-20, in Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden, with Canada based out of Helsinki for the entire event. Canada opens up against Slovakia on May 4.
Boucher, a native of Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec, recently completed his second season as bench boss of the Lightning. In 164 games with Tampa Bay, Boucher has posted an 84-61-19 record, including a trip to the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals during his first season with the club. He was named the seventh head coach of the Lightning on June 10, 2010.
The 40-year-old previously served as an assistant coach with Canada’s National Junior Team at the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship, winning a gold medal, and as an assistant coach for Canada at the 2008 IIHF World Men’s Under-18 Championship, also winning gold. He coached Canada’s National Under-18 Team at the 2006 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka, where the team finished fourth.
Boucher joins Teddy Purcell (Canada), Nate Thompson (USA) and JT Brown (USA) as Lightning personnel committed to participate in the tournament. Defenseman Victor Hedman (Sweden) is also expected to participate.
Boucher, a native of Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec, recently completed his second season as bench boss of the Lightning. In 164 games with Tampa Bay, Boucher has posted an 84-61-19 record, including a trip to the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals during his first season with the club. He was named the seventh head coach of the Lightning on June 10, 2010.
The 40-year-old previously served as an assistant coach with Canada’s National Junior Team at the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship, winning a gold medal, and as an assistant coach for Canada at the 2008 IIHF World Men’s Under-18 Championship, also winning gold. He coached Canada’s National Under-18 Team at the 2006 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka, where the team finished fourth.
Boucher joins Teddy Purcell (Canada), Nate Thompson (USA) and JT Brown (USA) as Lightning personnel committed to participate in the tournament. Defenseman Victor Hedman (Sweden) is also expected to participate.
