Tom Coolen

Tom Coolen (born November 20, 1953 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach. He is currently the head coach of GKS Katowice in the Polska Hokej Liga[1], and an assistant coach for the Polish men's national team.

He began his coaching career at the Canadian university level, first as an assistant coach for the UNB Varsity Reds and later as head coach for the Acadia Axemen[2]. He then continued his career coaching in various European leagues, including the German DEL and DEL2, Italian Serie A, Swiss NLA, Austrian EBEL, Danish Metal Ligaen, and Finnish Liiga.

From 2012-2015, he served as an assistant coach for the Latvian national team[3]. From 2014-2015, he was also an assistant coach for the Buffalo Sabres under head coach Ted Nolan.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Tom Coolen trenerem w Katowicach". Hokej.net.
  2. ↑ "'A wonderful odyssey': Tom Coolen inducted into Acadia Sports Hall of Fame".
  3. ↑ "Nolan names assistants". IIHF.
  4. ↑ "Buffalo Sabres Add Four Assistants to Coaching Staff".


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