Criticized for his skating in junior, the six-foot-three, 200 pounder spent the summer in Arizona working regularly on stride length with Coyotes skating coach Dawn Braid. Dylan Strome has been selected as the AHL's Rookie of the Month for November. — Tucson Roadrunners head coach Mike Van Ryn on Coyotes forward Dylan Strome"They wanted [then-head coach Kris Knoblauch and I] to encourage Dylan to play with more pace," recalled Wolfe. He's made strides in that area," said Van Ryn, who spent parts of three seasons in the AHL before a 353-game career as an NHL defenceman. Strome played seven games for the Coyotes last season before they sent him back to junior in mid-November.

Source: CBC News December 04, 2017 17:03 UTC