{"id":13676,"date":"2017-07-25T15:39:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T19:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=13676"},"modified":"2017-07-25T19:52:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T23:52:02","slug":"hockey-canada-names-gm-coaching-staff-and-tune-up-rosters-for-2018-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/07\/25\/hockey-canada-names-gm-coaching-staff-and-tune-up-rosters-for-2018-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey Canada Names GM, Coaching Staff, and Tune-Up Rosters for 2018 Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian team at the 2018 Olympics has begun to take shape. On Tuesday, Hockey Canada named <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/burkese01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sean Burke<\/a><\/strong> as general manager and Willie Desjardins as head coach for the Canadian Olympic squad. Additionally, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/brodema01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Martin Brodeur<\/a><\/strong> was named an assistant GM, while Dave King,<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/walkesc01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott Walker<\/a><\/strong>, and Craig Woodcroft will round out the coaching staff.<\/p>\n<h3>Hockey Canada Names GM, Coaching Staff, and Tune-Up Rosters for 2018 Olympics<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hockey Canada Olympic staff:<br \/>GMs: Sean Burke, Martin Brodeur<\/p>\n<p>Coach: Willie Desjardins<\/p>\n<p>Assistants: Dave King, Scott Walker, Craig Woodcroft <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iOppN54z0Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/iOppN54z0Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hockey Night in Canada (@hockeynight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hockeynight\/status\/889897430371717120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sean Burke is currently serving as a scout for the Montreal Canadiens. Burke was previously in the Phoenix Coyotes organization in multiple roles, including assistant general manager and director of player development.<\/p>\n<p>Another former goaltender heading Canada&#8217;s staff is Martin Brodeur, currently an assistant general manager for the St. Louis Blues. Last season, Brodeur took over as a goaltending coach as well after the departure of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/corsiji01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Corsi<\/a><\/strong> in February, though he will not continue those duties in 2017-18.<\/p>\n<p>Former Vancouver Canucks head coach Willie Desjardins takes the reigns for Canada behind the bench. Desjardins was fired by the Canucks on April 10 after three seasons as Vancouver&#8217;s coach, failing to make the playoffs the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>Dave King most recently coached in the KHL for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, back in 2015. Last year, King was a part of Hockey Canada&#8217;s efforts at the Deutschland Cup, Spengler Cup, and World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Walker is a former head coach of the Guelph Storm. Still a part-owner of the OHL franchise, Walker has been a player development consultant with the Vancouver Canucks for the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>Craig Woodcroft has plenty of experience coaching in Europe, a big help for Canada. Woodcroft was Dinamo Minsk&#8217;s head coach in 2016-17 and will take over Geneve-Servette of the NLA in 2017-18.<\/p>\n<p>Hockey Canada also announced a couple of tune-up rosters for the Sochi Hockey Open and the Tournament of Nikolai Puchkov. Notable names include <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/peterju01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Peters<\/a><\/strong>,<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/brulegi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gilbert Brule<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/raymoma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mason Raymond<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/paillda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Paille<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/talboma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maxime Talbot<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/scrivbe01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Scrivens<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/barkeca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cam Barker<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/colaica01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlo Colaiacovo<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/royde01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derek Roy<\/a><\/strong>. The full rosters can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockeycanada.ca\/en-ca\/team-canada\/men\/national\/2017-18\/sochi-hockey-open\/stats\/team-rosters?teamid=533\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockeycanada.ca\/en-ca\/team-canada\/men\/national\/2017-18\/nikolai-puchkov\/stats\/team-rosters?teamid=546\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/668060324\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 65.656566% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/668060324?et=0u9J2c-7Q5FIE8UaYGu_jA&amp;tld=ca&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=6czFspySptYzigpQ-6rzW2vcZq9GfG2hKY7DvO4Q1N8=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"390\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hockey Canada has made multiple announcements regarding the 2018 Olympic team, including the general manager, coaching staff, and tune-up rosters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1858,"featured_media":13681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,304],"tags":[978,37,957,1558,334,591,1526],"class_list":["post-13676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-international-hockey","tag-2018-winter-olympics","tag-hockey","tag-hockey-canada","tag-martin-brodeur","tag-sean-burke","tag-team-canada","tag-willie-desjardins"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1858"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}