Russian coach Sergey Gonchar has left the coaching staff of the NHL club Vancouver

Russian Sergey Gonchar has left the coaching staff of the Vancouver Canucks National Hockey League (NHL) club. This was announced by HC on June 6.

"Thanks (to the coaches. — Ed.) to Sergey, Yogi [Swarovski] and Dylan [Crawford] for your time at Vancouver, — stated in a post on the social network X (former. Twitter).

Representatives of the hockey club also wished the specialists all the best.

Sergey Gonchar joined Vancouver in 2023 as a defensive development coach. Previously, from 2015 to 2020, he served as an assistant coach at Pittsburgh, where he won the Stanley Cup with the team.

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