Guy Boucher To Coach Hamilton Bulldogs
by Robert L on Jun 29, 2009 12:33 PM EDT
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RDS had reported earlier today that Drummonville Voltigeurs coach Guy Boucher would be the new bench boss in Hamilton. The Canadiens official site have now confirmed the news. Boucher was chosen over a pair of other QMJHL coaches for the post.
Boucher, in his third season with Drummonville, lead the club to the league championship and a berth in the Memorial Cup tournament. Boucher is highly thought of. At one point it has been esteemed that he might be in line for the Canadiens head coaching position before the hiring of Jacques Martin.
Boucher, a hot commodity in the coaching ranks, gained much credit for taking the Voligeurs from a 33 point season to a 112 point campaign this past year. He was also an assistant with the Canadian World Junior Team that won a fifth consecutive gold medal at the WJC in Ottawa this past January.
One player who is surely very happy about this news is Gabriel Dumont, a key cog in Drummonville's successful season, who was drafted by the Canadiens in the fifth round, 139 overall. Dumont will most surely meet Boucher again, in two season's time.
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Should I be happy?
Being from Hamilton, I don’t know whether I should be happy or sad with the announcement made by our club.
All I know is Boucher better get used to us Bulldogs fans and supporters, we can growl if the team is doing poor.
Damn, I still don’t know why Don Lever was let go?
Robert, excellent work as always my friend on your blog!
We will win the Cup only with Carey Price in the nets
Bob won’t say it, but one of the reasons is to have a Plan B Head Coach in the organization outside of Bob. Boucher is the logical choice… a coach that has had great success at the junior level, and can be groomed as a head coach at the professional level now. Unfortunately, the language issue was one of the reasons Don was let go. The other reason was the wholesale changes the organization is making to every aspect of the coaching staff.
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