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Eric Raymond served as goaltending coach with the Hartford Wolf Pack in the American Hockey League from 2016-17 through 2019-20, in addition to assuming a goaltending development consultant role with the New York Rangers during the same period. He worked closely with goalies Igor Shesterkin and Alexandar Georgiev with the Wolf Pack during his stint with the Rangers organization.
The Montreal native enjoyed a successful career in the QMJHL before making it to the NHL, coaching the Halifax Mooseheads goaltenders between 2010 and 2018 after having played the same role with the Montreal Junior in 2008-09. Canadiens head coach Dominique Ducharme was at the helm of the Mooseheads for most of Raymond s association with the team. Together, the pair won the President s Cup as QMJHL champions in 2012-13, following a memorable campaign that ended with a 58-6-4 record in 68 games. Both men also won the Memorial Cup that same year, capping the prestigious tournament by defeating th
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The Montreal Canadiens made the decision to move on from Claude Julien and Kirk Muller, the proper choice, but one with ramifications down the entire organizational ladder. Alex Burrows was plucked from Laval to move on up to the NHL bench with Dominique Ducharme and Luke Richardson.
Burrows was running the Laval power play for the last two seasons, and quite successfully as a first-time coach. In the 2019-2020 season the Rocket finished 8th in the AHL in PP% and are sitting 13th at the time of Burrows’ promotion. The Rocket man advantage functions far differently than the Canadiens, allowing more free-flowing in the offensive zone to create open shooting lanes. In his first year the team could run shots through Charles Hudon, or Xavier Ouellet, but neither player stayed tethered to one spot on the ice, opting to find soft areas to operate in.