Dean Evason named coach of Canada's team for world hockey championship

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 30, 2025 2:37 PM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

Columbus Blue Jackets caput manager Dean Evason volition pb Canada's unit astatine the upcoming satellite hockey championship.

Hockey Canada announced Canada's coaching unit for the tourney connected Wednesday. Calgary Flames caput manager Ryan Huska volition service arsenic an assistant, on with Nashville caput manager Andrew Brunette and Blue Jackets adjunct Steve McCarthy.

The satellite title is acceptable for May 9-25 successful Stockholm, Sweden and Herning, Denmark. Canada opens May 10 against Slovenia successful Stockholm.

Evason was an adjunct manager connected Canada's fourth-place squad astatine the 2024 satellite championship.

He precocious finished his archetypal play arsenic Columbus caput coach. The Blue Jackets finished the run connected a six-game winning streak and missed a playoff spot by 2 points.

Huska led the Flames to a 41-27-14 grounds successful his 2nd play down the Flames bench. Calgary went 7-1-2 implicit its past 10 games to decorativeness the play tied with St. Louis astatine 96 points, but the Blues got the 2nd Western Conference wild-card spot done a tiebreaker.

He served arsenic an adjunct with Canada's squad astatine the 2011 and 2012 satellite inferior championships, winning metallic and bronze, respectively.

Brunette and McCarthy volition beryllium making their planetary coaching debuts.

"Dean, Andrew, Ryan and Steve are fantabulous NHL coaches that bring galore years of nonrecreational acquisition and leadership, and we are thrilled that they volition pb Team Canada astatine the 2025 World Championship," Canada wide manager Kyle Dubas said successful a release.

"Our coaching unit volition besides beryllium supported by an elite enactment unit that has galore years of NHL experience, arsenic good arsenic acquisition astatine respective satellite championships and Olympics, and we cognize our full unit volition make an situation for our players to win and deterioration the Maple Leaf with pridefulness successful Stockholm and Herning."

Longtime Hockey Canada video manager James Emery volition enactment arsenic Canada's manager of show analysis.