Knoblauch named head coach of Wolf Pack | TheAHL.com

Photograph: Len Redkoles/NHLI through Getty ImagesThe New York Rangers introduced right this moment that the crew has named Kris Knoblauch head coach of the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack.Knoblauch is the seventh head coach in Wolf Pack historical past.Knoblauch, 40, joins the Rangers group with 13 seasons of teaching expertise, together with elements of seven seasons as a head coach. Most not too long ago, he served as an assistant coach with the Philadelphia Flyers from 2017-19.Previous to becoming a member of the Flyers, Knoblauch spent seven seasons as a head coach within the Canadian Hockey League, with the WHL’s Kootenay Ice (2010-12) and the OHL’s Erie Otters (2012-17). His groups posted a mixed file of 298-130-16-13 (.684), together with a CHL-record 4 consecutive 50-win seasons with Erie, and Knoblauch was on the helm for a WHL championship in 2011 and an OHL title in 2017.A local of Imperial, Sask., Knobluach served as an assistant coach with Prince Albert (2006-07) and Kootenay (2007-10) within the WHL earlier than changing into a head coach. He has additionally coached internationally, most notably serving to Canada to a silver medal as an assistant on the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship.Knoblauch was drafted by the New York Islanders in 1997 and spent three seasons taking part in within the WHL with Purple Deer, Edmonton/Kootenay and Lethbridge. He later spent 5 seasons on the College of Alberta, profitable a nationwide championship in 2000.Hartford Wolf Pack