Players with nhl jerseys wil have a new coach-former NHL player Glen Hanlon.
The Slovak Ice Hockey Federation said Wednesday that Hanlon has been given a four-year contract until the 2014 Sochi Olympics. The 53-year-old Canadian becomes the first foreigner to coach the team. He was previously in charge of Belarus, and has also coached the Washington Capitals, Finnish club Jokerit and Dinamo Minsk in Russia.
He replaces Jan Filc, who led Slovakia to fourth place at the Vancouver Olympics and to its only world championship title, in 2002. Hanlon’s first international tournament will be the worlds in Germany in May.
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