As reported first by TSN colleague Darren Dreger on Tuesday, Team Canada will unveil its coaching staff Thursday in Toronto and, not surprisingly, Mike Babcock will be back at the helm.
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Julien was with Babcock in Sochi when Canada went on an undefeated run to gold.
According to reports, Babcock will have Joel Quenneville of the Chicago Blackhawks and Claude Julien of the Boston Bruins on his staff. He coached the Bruins to the 2011 Stanley Cup.
Canada begins its World Cup schedule on September 17 against the Czech Republic in Group A round-robin play.
Hockey Canada made the announcement at MasterCard Centre in Toronto. The Dauphin, Manitoba native guided Canada to a bronze medal at the 2000 World Junior Hockey Championship, a year after being an assistant on the silver medal-winning Canadian entry.
Quenneville, Trotz and Peters are the fresh faces.
Before becoming the coach of the Capitals last season, Trotz, 52, was the only coach of the Nashville Predators for 15 seasons, where he ranked third all-time in both games coached (1,196) and wins (557) with a single franchise. Trotz has served as an assistant coach on four world championship teams.
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“Canada has a reputation for producing great hockey players”, Renney said. “You just sat in the dressing room and kind of looked around and was like, ‘Holy… our team, we’re sick, we’ve got a great team.’ There are so many new people coming up these days that are unbelievable players who will definitely have a chance to be on that team”. “We were fortunate to have a depth of talent to choose from, and the resumes of these five successful coaches speak for themselves”. All games will be televised on ESPN in the United States and Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada.
