Report: Avs hire Sacco as head coach
Original Mighty Duck Joe Sacco will be the next head coach of the Colorado Avalanche, the Denver Post is reporting. Sacco played for Anaheim from 1993-98, and was traded in February 1998 to the New York Islanders in the deal that fetched Travis Green, Doug Houda and Tony Tuzzolino.
Sacco coached the AHL's Lake Erie Monsters, an Avalanche affiliate, the past two seasons. He also holds the franchise's single-season record for games played (84) in 1993-94. Along with Dan Bylsma (a Mighty Duck from 2000-04), this gives a relatively young franchise two alumni in the exclusive NHL coaching fraternity.
About J.P.
J.P. Hoornstra has been covering the Anaheim Ducks since 2007. Eight months after the University of Wisconsin won its third NCAA hockey championship, he was born in a frigid Madison winter. He betrayed his blue-blooded beginnings by graduating from UCLA in 2003, and welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.
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