The
Colorado Avalanche via the
Denver post have announced that they will start the initial interview process with
Jared Bednar,
Lane Lambert,
Scott Arniel and
Travis Green.
lets take a look at each of their records and resumes
Jared Bednar -
Jared Bednar is current the coach of the
Lake Earie Monsters American Hockey League team.
Bednar is 44 years old and won the
Calder Cup Championship last year. This was his fourth year with the
Columbus Blue Jackets franchise and his second year as head coach of the
Monsters.
Bednar was the assistant coach for the
Stingrays from 2002 until 2007 when he was promoted to head coach for the 2007 2008 season. In his first year as head coach of the
Stingrays they won 47 games in the regular season and were able to get to the conference finals in the post season. They had another successful season in the 2008 2009 campaign where they won the
Kelly Cup. That would be
Bednars first championship as a coach in his second season as head coach.
Bednar was hired as an assistant coach for their
American Hockey League team the
Springfield Falcons in 2012 2013 season. After 2 seasons as assistant coach he was promoted to head coach of the team. in the 2015 2016 season
Bednar followed the team when they changed to the
Lake Erie Monsters located in
Cleveland.
Lake Erie went 15-2 int he 2016
Calder Cup Playoffs to get the franchises first championship.
Mr
Bednar has a very impressive coaching resume and I hope that if he is the man that
Joe decides is right for the job that he can continue to find that success at the
National Hockey League level.
Lane Lambert -
Lane Lambert is 49 years old. In 2002
Lambert got his first coaching job as the assistant coach for the
WHL Moose Jaw Warriors. In 2003 he was hired as the head coach for the
Prince George Cougars. He was the head coach there for 2 seasons compiling at record of 52 wins 66 losses and 10 ties in 130 games as the head coach. he failed to make the post season in both years. In 2005 to 2006 he was the assistant coach of the
Bridgeport Sound Tigers. In 2006 he was hired as the assistant coach of the
Milwaukee Admirals. He was promoted to head coach of the team in 2007 where he coached until the 2011 season. He compiled a record of 178 wins 103 losses and they made the playoffs in each of those years. He got as far as the second round in the post season in 2008-2009 season and again in 2010-2011 season. He was hired on as the assistant coach to the
Nashville Predators of the
National Hockey League in 2011 where he coached until 2014. He was hired as the assistant coach of the
Washington Capitals in the
National Hockey League in 2014 where he coached until today 2016.
Scott Arniel -
Scott Arniel started coaching in 1995 as an assistant coach for the
Houston Aeros of the
IHL. He was a player and coach at this time. In 1999 he retired as a player and was hired by the
Manitoba Moose as an assistant coach. He was their assistant coach until 2002 when he was hired by the
Buffalo Sabers assistant coach. He coached there for 4 more years then he was hired back with the
Manitoba Moose as their head coach.
Arniel lead the team to their best single season record in the 2008-2009 season and an appearance in the
Calder Cup finals earning him the
Louise A. R. Pieri Memorial Award. That is awarded to the coach of the year in the league. in 2010 He was hired by the
Columbus Blue Jackets as their head coach. He was fired after one and a half seasons as head coach in 2012. In 2012
Arniel was hired to coach the
Chicago Wolves of the
American Hockey League. In 2013
Arniel signed as an assistant coach with the
New York Rangers.
Travis Green -
Travis Green was hired as an assistant coach by the
Portland Winterhwaks and
Assistant General Manager in 2008. half way through the 2012-2013 season Green took over as interim head coach when the then head coach was suspended due to violating a league rule. His team finished with a record of 37-8-0-2 in the final 47 games he coached them in. The team then went on to win the E
d Chynoweth Cup as
WHL Champions and in doing so secured a chance to play in the Memorial Cup Tournament. Portland made it all the way to the final before losing to the
Halifax Moosheads. In the 2013 off season
Green was hired by the
American Hockey Leagues Utica Comets as their head coach where he is still coaching to this day.
Personally I would feel pretty confident if any of these coaches are selected with an exception of
Scott Arniel. I just personally do not understand his merit when compared to the others that are being interviewed. I think that any of the other 3 candidates could do a great job with the current
Avalanche team.
Some other names to keep an eye out for are
Bob Hartly and
Dale Hunter.
Who would you like to see hired as the next coach of the
Colorado Avalanche? Is there someone I left off my list that you think could be a good fit? Let me know!
Until next time
#GoAvalanche!
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