Press Release
Toronto, ON – The Canadian Hockey League in association with the
Ontario Hockey League today announced the coaching staff for Team OHL
that will compete in the 2012 SUBWAY® Super Series November 8 in Guelph,
ON, and November 12 in Sarnia, ON.
Kitchener Rangers’ Head Coach and General Manager Steve Spott will be
behind the bench as Head Coach for both Team OHL games and will be
assisted by Storm Head Coach Scott Walker for Game 3 of the series in
Guelph, and Sting Head Coach and General Manager Jacques Beaulieu for
Game 4 of the series in Sarnia.
The SUBWAY® Super Series features regional teams of CHL All-Stars
competing against the Russian National Junior Team in a six-game event
serving as an integral part of the identification process for Team
Canada prior to the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship. The OHL
hosts the middle leg of the six-game series with the first two games
hosted by the QMJHL, and the final two games played in the WHL. Last
season the CHL prevailed with their eighth series win in nine years of
this event earning a 10-8 victory in points which included three
regulation wins, two losses, and one defeat by shootout. Team Canada
later captured bronze at the 2012 World Junior Championship in Calgary
and Edmonton, AB.
Spott is currently in his tenth season with the Rangers and fifth as
Head Coach and General Manager. He is also Canada’s National Junior
Team Head Coach for the 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship to be played
this season in Russia. He led Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team to
gold at the 2011 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka, and was a member of the
National Junior Team staff as an Assistant Coach in 2010 when Canada
earned a silver medal in Saskatoon, SK. Prior to that event, Spott
served as coach of Team OHL in the 2009 SUBWAY® Super Series games
played in Barrie and Windsor.
Walker is in his third season with the Storm and will be
participating in the SUBWAY® Super Series for the second straight
season. In 2011 he worked behind the bench for Team OHL in Ottawa and
Sault Ste. Marie prior to serving as an Assistant Coach for Canada’s
National Junior Team that won bronze at the 2012 IIHF World Junior
Championship in Edmonton and Calgary, AB.
Beaulieu is in his second season with the Sting after working the
previous two seasons as an Assistant Coach with the London Knights. He
also has experience behind the bench as an Assistant Coach for Team
QMJHL in this event during his tenure as Head Coach of the Saint John
Sea Dogs when the club hosted one of the games in 2008.
The 2012 SUBWAY® Super Series is supported by CHL associate sponsors, Bank of Montreal, Old Dutch, and Post.
All games will be broadcast nationally on Sportsnet with the two QMJHL games shown on TVA Sports.
(Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)
Friday, October 19, 2012
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