CALGARY—After serving as an assistant coach this year for Canada’s gold medal-winning team, Andre Tourigny has earned a promotion for the 2021 world junior hockey championship. The native of Nicolet, Que., will be Canada’s head coach at the tournament, Dec. 26, 2020-Jan. 5, 2021, in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alta. Tourigny also was an assistant at the world juniors in 2010 and 2011 (both silver medals) and was head coach for Canada’s gold medal-winning under-18 team at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. In his third season with the 67’s, Tourigny also has 12 years experience as a head coach in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies and Halifax Mooseheads. Tourigny spent four seasons as an assistant coach in the NHL with the Colorado Avalanche and Ottawa Senators.

Source: thestar January 27, 2020 19:30 UTC