Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey Leauge (KHL) has signed Canadian coach Man Boucher to a contract by means of the 2025-26 season, the team has just announced through its official site.
Born on Aug. 3, 1971, in Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec, Boucher started his teaching profession within the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, later shifting to the Drummondville Voltigeurs, the place he established himself as a top-tier junior coach. His success caught the eye of the American Hockey League (AHL), and he was named head coach of the Hamilton Bulldogs in 2009. There, Boucher led the group to a division title and was awarded the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award because the AHL’s coach of the 12 months.
Boucher made his NHL debut as head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2010, introducing his signature 1-3-1 defensive system. In his first season, he guided the Lightning to the Jap Convention Remaining. After leaving Tampa in 2013, he coached in Switzerland with SC Bern, earlier than returning to the NHL in 2016 with the Ottawa Senators, the place he led the group to inside one objective of the Stanley Cup Remaining in 2017.
Most not too long ago, Boucher was an assistant coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs, however they parted methods final summer season. Avangard Omsk is at the moment in a disappointing ninth place within the KHL’s Jap Convention, however the group has bounced again not too long ago after the entrance workplace shuffled the group’s roster. It’s anticipated that Boucher will land in Omsk and take the reins of the group by mid-December.
