Former Terrier forward John Hynes was announced today as the new head coach of the New Jersey Devils by General Manager Ray Shero.
Hynes has been the head coach of the Penguins AHL team in Wilkes Barre/Scranton
for the past five seasons with a 231-126-8-13
record. He reached the 100 win mark in the second fewest games in AHL history.
A Warwick,
R.I. native, Hynes will be the youngest NHL head coach at age 40. He is the
fourth ex-Terrier to take the helm of an NHL team, joining Steve Stirling
(Islanders), Mike
Sullivan (Bruins) and Joe Sacco (Avalanche).
A member of BU’s 1995 national champions and
the 1996 and 1997 Frozen Four squads, Hynes began his coaching career as a
graduate assistant under former BU coach Jack Parker. After serving as an
assistant coach at UMass Lowell and Wisconsin, Hynes spent six seasons as a
head coach with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program. Three of his
U18 teams earned medals in the IIHF U18 championships, including a gold in
2006. He was an assistant coach on the gold-medal USA squad at the 2004 World
Junior Championships and was head coach of the 2008 WJC squad.
Named an
assistant coach of the Baby Penguins in 2009, he moved up to the head coaching
spot a year later. In 2010-11, he was
named AHL Coach of the Year after leading Wilkes Barre/Scranton to its first
AHL regular-season championship. That
team included former Terriers John Curry and Brian Strait. The WBS Penguins
reached the playoffs in all five of Hynes’s seasons as head coach, making two
trips to the conference finals.
At today's press conference it was revealed that Hynes was the first and only candidate offered the head coaching job.
At today's press conference it was revealed that Hynes was the first and only candidate offered the head coaching job.
● NJ Devils announcement
● NHL.com report
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