MacTavish gets Winnipeg head coach interview
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Monthly Digital Subscription
$1 per week for 24 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $4.00 plus GST every four weeks. After 24 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.00 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
Monthly Digital Subscription
$4.75/week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $19 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
*Your next subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $16.99 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $23.99 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 15/06/2011 (5239 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Add Craig MacTavish’s name to the list of head-coaching candidates landing interviews for Winnipeg’s new NHL franchise.
TSN’s Darren Dreger is reporting MacTavish – the former Edmonton Oiler boss-turned TSN analyst – will be interviewed Wednesday or Thursday by GM Kevin Cheveldayoff. MacTavish would join Craig Ramsay, who guided the team as the Atlanta Thrashers in 2010-11 and Montreal Canadiens assistant Kirk Muller as coaches confirmed to have earned interviews. Manitoba Moose head coach Claude Noel is also considered a strong candidate and True North has sought permission to speak to him from the Vancouver Canucks.
“We’ve requested for permission from several teams and have been granted those permissions,” Cheveldayoff told the Free Press Wednesday afternoon. “Now we’re in the scheduling process so we can schedule, meet and talk to those candidates.”
MacTavish, 52, is also said to be a front-runner for the vacant head-coaching position with the Minnesota Wild. In fact, earlier this week The Edmonton Journal reported the former Oilers’ boss was ‘a step closer’ to landing the job in Minny after twice interviewing with Wild GM Chuck Fletcher and spending time in St. Paul touring the Xcel Energy Center.
MacTavish also interviewed for the Ottawa Senators job, filled Tuesday by former Jet Paul MacLean, and is said to be a finalist with the Wild along with former Columbus/Dallas/Philadephia head coach Ken Hitchcock. Hecompiled a .528 winning percentage while coaching the Oilers from 2000-2009 and worked with Hitchcock for Team Canada at the 2008 World Championships.
Ed.tait@freepress.mb.ca
