Canucks name Green as new head coach, spent last four seasons in AHL with Utica
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have named Travis Green as their new head coach.
The team confirmed Green’s hiring in a release. He was scheduled be introduced at a press conference Wednesday at Rogers Arena.
Green spent the last four seasons coaching the Canucks’ top farm team, the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League.
Prior to that, he coached the Portland Winterhawks to a 2012-13 Western Hockey League title and an appearance in the 2013 Memorial Cup final.