[Devils-list] Coaching moves

[JM2714@aol.com]

I always thought chris would be a great coach!


In a message dated Fri, 3 Aug 2001  1:22:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, HockeyGrl30@aol.com writes:

> Here's some news from The Associated Press:  
>   
> Leach named Devils assistant coach, Carpenter named head coach at Albany   
> The Associated Press  
>   
> 8/3/01 12:08 PM  
> EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Jay Leach, who served as an assistant coach   
> with Larry Robinson in Los Angeles, was hired by the New Jersey Devils in a   
> similar capacity.   
> Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello on Friday also named Bobby Carpenter as   
> head coach of the Albany River Rats of the AHL, the franchise's top minor   
> league team.   
> Carpenter, who was the River Rats' associate coach, replaces John Cunniff,   
> who was moved to the Devils' scouting staff along with Kurt Kleinendorst.   
> Kleinendorst was an assistant coach for the Devils last season.   
> Besides scouting this season, he will also work with the United States   
> Olympic team in Salt Lake City.   
> Goaltender Chris Terreri, who split last season playing with the Devils and   
> the New York Islanders, was named an assistant coach at Albany along with   
> Geordie Kinnear, a longtime River Rats' player.  
>  Leach, 48, joins the Devils after spending the past two seasons as an   
> assistant coach with Atlanta. He spent three seasons as Robinson's assistant   
> with Los Angeles.   
> Leach was the coach of Hershey of the AHL from 1993-94 to 1995-96, and of   
> Springfield from 1991-93. His AHL teams won two division championships and   
> one conference playoff championship.  
>  The Lexington, Mass., native began his NHL coaching career as an assistant   
> with Hartford in 1988. His coaching resume includes four years as an   
> assistant with the University of Maine and two years at Merrimack. Leach   
> played in the Quebec Nordiques and Minnesota North Stars systems, as well as   
> the Eastern League.   
>   
> Carpenter, 38, was an assistant the past two seasons in Albany. In addition,   
> he joined Robinson's staff from late March through the end of the Stanley Cup   
> playoffs the past two seasons. Carpenter played 18 seasons in the NHL with   
> Washington, the Rangers, Los Angeles, Boston, and New Jersey, winning the   
> Stanley Cup with Devils in 1995.   
> Terreri, 36, spent 11 of his 13 NHL seasons with the Devils, winning Stanley   
> Cup in 1995 and 2000. Kinnear, 28, retired in December due to medical   
> reasons. He spent most of his career with Albany, and remains the club's   
> all-time leader in games played (406).    
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>   
>   
> The Devs sure like their Terreri!  
> paige-