Jeremy Colliton knows a thing or two about taking over for a legend, given his experience filling the National Hockey League head coaching job vacated by Joel Quenneville in Chicago.
Not one to lack confidence, Colliton seemed undaunted Sunday — just like he did back in 2018 in the Windy City — when Hockey Canada announced his promotion from assistant coach to head coach of the Canadian men’s Olympic hockey team.
This time, Colliton, 37, takes over for Claude Julien, a Stanley Cup champion and Jack Adams Award winner as the NHL’s best coach. And this time, Colliton has all of 11 days until Team Canada’s first Olympic match against Germany at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games.
No pressure, or anything.
“We lost one of the most experienced coaches working right now,” Colliton said of Julien in a news conference held via Zoom on Sunday. “We’re facing some adversity and we’re going to respond and we’re going to pull together. The players are going to come together. The staff…
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