The Ontario Hockey League will see some new faces in the coaching fraternity as well as some old faces in new places when the 2010-11 season opens.
The latest is the Barrie Colts hiring of Dale Hawerchuk. The former Winnipeg Jets star was the coach of the Orangeville Crushers, a team he was also part-owner of. The announcement was made on Friday morning.
Hawerchuk takes over for Marty Williamson, who took the GM/coach position in Niagara earlier this week. His hiring came after the IceDogs cleaned house, letting go the entire coaching staff as well as GM Dave Brown.
In other changes around the league, the Sudbury Wolves hired Trent Cull as their new coach while Blaine SMith takes over as GM. The hirings come after Mike Foligno stepped down from his role as GM/coach.
In Peterborough, a house-cleaning led to the hiring of former NHL'er Dave Reid as GM. Following his hiring, Reid brought in Mike Pelino as coach while Wayne Clark, Ron Tugnutt and Jody Hull were brough in as assistants.
The Oshawa Generals added two new assistant coaches after they released associate coach RIch Ricci, assistant coach Randy Fitzgerald and Tugnutt, who served as goaltending coach.
Within a week, the Generals announced the hirings of former Peterborough assistand Joe Cirella and Roger Hunt, who was with the Jr. A Milton IceHawks.
The Ottawa 67's have also announced that coach Chris Byrne will also take on the role of assistant GM.
