The Vancouver Canucks have enhanced the coaching roles of Daniel and Henrik Sedin and have promoted Yogi Svejkovsky to assistant coach, general manager Patrik Allvin announced Wednesday.
The Sedins will be more involved in the day-to-day coaching activities in both Vancouver and Abbotsford.
“Including the Sedins more in our day-to-day coaching duties will be hugely beneficial to our group both on and off the ice,” Allvin said in a team statement. “Both Daniel and Henrik bring a very unique perspective and competitive mind set to our staff.”
The Canucks will look to leverage the Sedins’ hockey knowledge, with both having played in the NHL for 17 years (2000-2018).
They have been working in player development for Vancouver.
“Daniel and Henrik have also had a seat at the table and I have leaned on them more and more as the year went on,” said head coach Rick Tocchet. “Their knowledge and ability to teach the game is a huge plus and they fit in extremely well with our group.”
Svejkovsky spent the past two seasons with the Canucks as a skills coach, developing players in both Vancouver and Abbotsford.
“After exploring all of our options, it became clear very quickly that the best candidate was already in our organization,” Allvin said of Svejkovsky. “The ability to promote from within will help us in the transition, as Yogi and has a great understanding of our systems and the way we want to play.”
