Sommer will get name to affix Sharks | TheAHL.com

The San Jose Sharks introduced tonight that San Jose Barracuda head coach Roy Sommer is becoming a member of the Sharks’ employees as affiliate coach, becoming a member of assistant coach Mike Ricci and goaltending coach Evgeni Nabokov below new interim head coach Bob Boughner.Sommer, 62, was in his 22nd season teaching within the AHL, a tenure spent completely within the Sharks group. The Oakland, Calif., native was named head coach of the Sharks’ prime improvement affiliate on Might 28, 1998, and has guided the Kentucky Thoroughblades (1998-2001), Cleveland Barons (2001-06), Worcester Sharks (2006-15) and Barracuda (2015-19) over 1,637 regular-season video games, greater than any coach within the league’s 84-year historical past. His profession report of 772-743-122 leaves him with a exceptional 136 extra victories than anybody else.Sommer’s golf equipment received 4 division titles and have reached the postseason in every of the final 5 years, together with the Barracuda’s journey to the Western Convention Finals in 2017. Sommer additionally labored behind the bench at three AHL All-Star Classics (2000, 2015, 2019), and earned the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award because the AHL’s excellent coach in 2016-17.Within the AHL, Sommer has coached greater than 130 gamers who’ve gone on to play within the Nationwide Hockey League, a listing that features Logan Couture, Tomas Hertl, Timo Meier, Kevin Labanc, Chris Tierney, Joe Pavelski, Dan Boyle, Christian Ehrhoff, Brad Boyes, Josh Gorges, Steve Bernier, Torrey Mitchell, Thomas Greiss, Jason Demers, Andrew Desjardins, Jamie McGinn, Alex Stalock, Justin Braun, Tommy Wingels, Miikka Kiprusoff, Evgeni Nabokov, Jonathan Cheechoo, Ryane Clowe and Douglas Murray.Previous to being named the Sharks’ AHL head coach, Sommer spent the 1997-98 season as an NHL assistant coach below Darryl Sutter in San Jose. Sommer performed 10 seasons of professional hockey after being drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1977, scoring a objective in his NHL debut with Edmonton in 1981 and successful a Calder Cup with the Maine Mariners in 1984.The Barracuda introduced that assistants Jimmy Bonneau and Michael Chiasson will function co-coaches for the AHL membership.