McLellan to coach Western all-stars

by James Mirtle on Jan 10, 2009 1:06 AM CST Comment 7 comments

With the Sharks picking up their 65th standings point of the season tonight with a 4-1 victory in Edmonton, Sharks Head Coach Todd McLellan will serve as the Head Coach for the Western Conference for the NHL All-Star Game, which will be held and the Bell Center in Montreal on Jan. 24. The game will take place at 3:00 pm. PST and be broadcast in the United States on Versus.

McLellan will be making his All-Star Game debut and becomes only the second first-year NHL coach in League history to coach an All-Star team. The first was Florida’s Doug MacLean, who coached the Eastern Conference in the 1996 game in Boston.

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Claude Julien will be the coach of the Eastern Conference team, while the assistant coaches will be Mike Babcock of the Red Wings, and Bruce Boudreau of the Capitals or Guy Carbonneau of the Canadiens (depending on who wins tonight's game).

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McLellan coaching with Babcock as his assistant… nice.

"Sweet Zarley Zalapski, Batman!"

by ZarleyZalapski on Jan 10, 2009 1:45 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

And the student becomes the master? Okay maybe stretching it a bit.

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?

by ang6666 on Jan 10, 2009 5:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

So after the result of tonight’s Habs/Caps game the Caps get screwed out of the All-Star game by the Habs yet again.

by Knuckle Sandwich on Jan 10, 2009 9:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Why is there only one assistant coach? You’d think 3 would go for each conference just because 3 coaches is kind of the standard.

Hockey blogging can't get any flatter.

by saskhab on Jan 10, 2009 9:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I guess because they’re actually not all that necessary?

by James Mirtle on Jan 10, 2009 11:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I realize, but the same could be said about having a full player roster. Heck, they bring 3 goalies per team.

Hockey blogging can't get any flatter.

by saskhab on Jan 11, 2009 12:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Babcock did joke that whoever was head coach, McLellan would be doing all the work anyway because he would be busy catching up with a lot of friends in the area. Not that any of the coaching duties should be especially onerous.

"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams

by Baroque on Jan 11, 2009 10:02 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

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