Bruins add power-play coach to Marco Sturm’s employees
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Below Steve Spott’s watch, the Stars boasted the seventh-best energy play over the past three years.
Marco Sturm has a brand new assistant coach in place on his Bruins employees.
Boston introduced on Friday that they’ve employed Steve Spott as an assistant coach. Spott, 57, has an in depth historical past working alongside Peter DeBoer — serving as his assistant throughout three completely different groups from 2015-25.
Spott first joined DeBoer’s NHL employees with the San Jose Sharks (2015-19) earlier than transferring on to the Golden Knights (2020-22) when DeBoer went to Las Vegas. Spott’s most up-to-date cease was with the Dallas Stars over the past three seasons — serving to Dallas earn three straight journeys to the Western Convention Finals.
After Dallas made the decision to fireside DeBoer after falling to the Oilers for the second straight 12 months, Spott opted to affix the Bruins.
“I’m extremely excited and honored to affix the Boston Bruins group,” Spott stated in a launch. “Being a part of an Authentic Six franchise with such a proud historical past and custom means an amazing deal to me and my household.
“The chance to work alongside Marco and the remainder of this teaching employees, in entrance of one of the passionate fan bases in hockey, is one thing I’m actually grateful for, and I can’t wait to get began.”
Spott ran Dallas’ energy play throughout his three-year run with the Stars, with the membership rating seventh in power-play proportion (23.7 %) over these final three seasons. Dallas’ power-play did dip right down to seventeenth this previous 12 months (22.0 %), however the Stars ranked sixth and fifth, respectively, in that very same class in the course of the 2023-24 and 2022-23 campaigns.
Throughout his introductory press convention as Bruins head coach, Sturm shared his need for Boston to usher in an assistant coach with power-play expertise.
Boston’s energy play labored extensively this previous season, rating twenty ninth within the NHL with a 15.2 % success fee.
“Steve is a passionate trainer, a robust communicator, and brings nice construction and element to all the pieces he does,” Sturm stated in a press release launched by the Bruins. “His expertise, particularly on particular groups, can be a serious asset for our group and for the Bruins transferring ahead.”
A Colgate graduate, Spott now joins a Bruins teaching employees that additionally consists of retained assistants in Jay Leach, Chris Kelly, and goalie coach Bob Essensa.
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