During a media availability after the series completed in Lethbridge, Team CHL head coach Willie Desjardins says he liked ...

LOS ANGELES -- Willie Desjardins was uncertain how much impact he really had on the Los Angeles Kings in his first game behind their bench. The interim coach didn't alter the lineup from their last ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Willie Desjardins realizes the Los Angeles Kings have more than enough time to turn around their dismal start to the season. The interim head coach still wants his Kings to play ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Willie Desjardins is keeping the faith while his skeptics remain highly doubtful. The Vancouver Canucks coach refused to revamp power-play units that are clicking at a ...

The Vancouver Canucks will enter the 2025-26 season with a rookie head coach. After Rick Tocchet departed the organization this off-season, the Canucks promoted Adam Foote, making him the 22nd head ...

A familiar face will lead some of the best junior hockey players next month. On Thursday, the Canadian Hockey League announced the coaching staff for Team CHL at the 2026 CHL USA Prospects Challenge.

Willie Desjardins will have some familiar faces around him when he begins his first-ever NHL coaching gig in Vancouver this fall. On Wednesday, the Canucks signed former Dallas center Dustin Jeffrey.

The LA Kings have relieved John Stevens of his head coaching duties and Willie Desjardins has been named the new interim head coach, Kings Vice President and General Manager Rob Blake announced today.

Vancouver Canucks’ head coach Willie Desjardins stands for television interviews after he was hired by the NHL hockey team in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday, June 23, 2014. Desjardins replaces John ...

In hindsight, Medicine Hat Tigers head coach and general manager Willie Desjardins thinks a first-round rating coming out of last year would have even been high for Cayden Lindstrom. So when he came ...

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Three games into Bo Horvat’s NHL career, his coach threw him right into the fire. The Canucks were getting blown out at the Staples Center that night in November 2014, with the defending-champion ...