Leafs name assistants; replace Acton, Hunter
Posted June 20, 2011 6:02 pm.
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Leafs president and GM Brian Burke announced Monday that Scott Gordon and Greg Cronin have been appointed assistant coaches to Ron Wilson, replacing Keith Acton and Tim Hunter, who will not return to the team’s coaching staff.
Gordon is a former head coach of the New York Islanders (2008 to 2010) and the U.S. National Team in 2010 and 2011. He was an assistant coach on Ron Wilson’s silver-medal winning U.S. Olympic Team in 2010. A former goaltender, Gordon’s international resume also includes his participation as a player for his home country in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
Cronin recently completed his sixth season as head coach of Northeastern University and was an assistant coach for Team USA at the 1997 and 2011 World Hockey Championships.
