The Tampa Bay Lightning have named Joel Bouchard as basic supervisor of the Syracuse Crunch. He’ll proceed to function head coach as nicely.
Bouchard, 51, joined the group on June 26, 2023, and has guided the Crunch to a file of 76-47-12-9 in addition to back-to-back appearances within the Calder Cup Playoffs.
The Montreal native beforehand served as GM of the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada of the QMJHL from 2011 to 2018. Along with his duties as basic supervisor, he additionally labored behind the bench as head coach of the Armada from 2014 to 2018. Bouchard additionally served as the overall supervisor of the Canadian Nationwide Junior Workforce for 2 years, assembling rosters that received a gold medal on the 2018 World Junior Championship and silver within the 2017 event.
Bouchard has coached in 386 profession AHL video games with the Crunch, San Diego Gulls and Laval Rocket, posting a 187-147-30-22 file. As a participant, Bouchard skated for 15 skilled seasons, together with 364 Nationwide Hockey League video games with Calgary, Nashville, Dallas, Phoenix, New Jersey, the N.Y. Rangers, Pittsburgh and the N.Y. Islanders. Bouchard additionally appeared in 293 video games within the AHL with the Saint John Flames, Albany River Rats, Hartford Wolf Pack, Bridgeport Sound Tigers and Hamilton Bulldogs, and was an AHL All-Star in 1995 and 1996.
