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The Calgary Flames have introduced interim teaching appointments involving each the Flames and the Calgary Wranglers teaching staffs.
Attributable to household causes, on Dec. 8, Flames assistant coach Brad Larsen was granted an indefinite depart of absence from his duties. Wranglers head coach Trent Cull will be a part of the Flames as an assistant coach for the foreseeable future. Cull, who’s in his second season as bench boss with the Wranglers, is a 15-year AHL veteran and was an assistant coach with the Vancouver Canucks in 2022-23.
“Our precedence is to offer Brad and his household with continued help throughout this era after they want it most,” mentioned Flames normal supervisor Craig Conroy. “Whereas Brad stays along with his household, we now have made these interim changes to our teaching employees to make sure our crew and growth program have the sources required to excel. Our organizational bench power permits us to confidently make these strikes with out interruption to efficiency.”
Wranglers assistant coach Joe Cirella will assume the top coach place of the AHL membership on an interim foundation, joined by Martin Gelinas in an assistant’s capability alongside Brett Sutter. Cirella has over 20 years of teaching expertise between the OHL and AHL. The interim title with the Wranglers will probably be his first as head coach.
Gelinas has been a member of the Flames growth employees for the previous 4 years with expertise as an assistant behind the Flames bench from 2012-2021.
