Gord Dineen named Head Coach of Iowa Chops

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Puck Headlines: Please, enough with the black jerseys already
Published 8/19/2008 by Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy
... "A player is in the penalty box at the end of a period, they will have to stay there until the penalty is over, and will not be allowed to go to the locker room for intermission." [Blue & Gold] • Gord Dineen, a former New York Islanders draftee who won a Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins, is the first head coach for the Iowa Chops. Guess Mike Holmgren took Brett Favre's advice and didn't sign that contract offer, either. [Iowa Chops] • Video of Rob Schremp showing off some adventurous, and ...

Canadian juniors may turn to Quinn
Published 8/21/2008 by James Mirtle (mirtle@gmail.com) at james mirtle
When the Canadian World Juniors take to the ice in Ottawa this December for their attempt to win a fifth straight tournament, they will do so without head coach Benoit Groulx. Groulx has signed on to be head coach of the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League and will not be able to coach Team Canada. Groulx is the second AHL head coach named this week, as the Iowa Chops hired Gord Dineen , Pirates head coach Kevin Dineen's brother, on Tuesday. TSN is reporting that Pat Quinn and Willie Desjardins, coach of the Medicine Hat Tigers, ...