The club also announced that assistant coach Brad Shaw is leaving the organization to take an associate coaching position with the Philadelphia Flyers. Jeremy Colliton will take over from Cool as head coach of the American Hockey League’s Abbotsford Canucks. Yeo, 48, served as an assistant coach with the Flyers in 2020-21 and for the first 22 games of 2021-22 before being named interim coach for the rest of the season after Alain Vigneault was fired. Yeo has also served as head coach with the Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues. In 542 NHL games as a coach, Yeo compiled a record of 263-217-62. The Toronto native was an assistant coach with the 2009 Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. Cull, 48, is entering his sixth year with the Canucks organization after most recently serving as Abbotsford’s head coach. He led the AHL Canucks to a 39-23-5-1 record and a playoff appearance last season. Colliton, 37, spent four seasons as head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks before being fired in November. He coached the Canadian men’s team for one game at the 2022 Beijing Olympics after coach Claude Julien delayed joining the team due to a rib injury. “I am so excited to help assemble this coaching staff,” Boudreau said in a statement. “When I started discussions with Mike Yeo, it became clear to me that he would be a great addition. “Working with (general manager Patrik Allvin) to build a well-rounded staff has been very important to us as we look to continue to build on the momentum we experienced last season.” This report by The Canadian Press was first published on July 1, 2022.
