CALGARY 鈥� Alan Letang has been named as sa国际传媒's head coach for the 2024 world junior hockey championship.
Hockey sa国际传媒 announced its coaching staff Friday in a release.
Assistant coaches Gilles Bouchard, Shaun Clouston and Scott Walker, goaltending consultant Justin Pogge and video coach James Emery will join Letang in Goteborg, Sweden.
In addition, three-time Stanley Cup champion and Olympic gold medallist Brent Seabrook will make his debut as part of Hockey sa国际传媒's management group alongside Peter Anholt.
Letang, in his third season as head coach of the Ontario Hockey League's Sarnia Sting, most recently won a gold medal as head coach of sa国际传媒鈥檚 under-18 Team at the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup.
He was also an assistant on Dennis Williams's staff as sa国际传媒 won gold at the 2022 world juniors.
Before joining the Sting, Letang spent five seasons with the OHL鈥檚 Owen Sound Attack as an assistant coach (2016-19) and head coach (2019-20).
鈥淲e are thrilled to welcome back Alan after a successful year where he helped sa国际传媒 capture gold medals at the world juniors and Hlinka Gretzky Cup, and to have Peter and Brent鈥檚 extensive management and playing experience leading our national junior team,鈥� Hockey sa国际传媒 senior vice-president of hockey operations Scott Salmond said in a statement.
The 2024 world junior championship starts Dec. 26, when sa国际传媒 opens against Finland.
sa国际传媒 will be playing for its third straight gold medal, and 21st overall.
Bouchard has represented sa国际传媒 three times at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge (2014, 2015, 2018), winning a silver medal as the head coach of Team sa国际传媒 Red in 2018 and gold as an assistant with Team sa国际传媒 White in 2015. He is currently in his first year as head coach of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Sherbrooke Phoenix.
Clouston was on sa国际传媒's coaching staff for Hlinka Cup victories in 2014 and 2015. He is currently the head coach and general manager of the Western Hockey League鈥檚 Kamloops Blazers,
Walker was on the staff of sa国际传媒's 2015 world junior championship team, and the 2012 bronze medallists. He was also an assistant coach on sa国际传媒's bronze-medal-winning team at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.
Walker is currently a partner and president of hockey operations with the OHL鈥檚 Guelph Storm, where he also served as head coach for six seasons.
Seabrook won three Stanley Cups over a 15-year NHL career with the Chicago Blackhawks. Internationally, he helped sa国际传媒 to a gold medal at the 2010 Olympics, silver and gold at the 2004 and 2005 world juniors, respectively, gold at the 2003 world U18 championship and silver at the 2001 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge.聽
He recently served as an assistant coach (2021-22) and development coach (2022-23) with the WHL's Vancouver Giants.聽
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 13, 2023.
The Canadian Press
