[Report] Jason King named Comets' assistant coach

[-Vintage Canuck-]

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Vancouver, B.C. - Vancouver Canucks General Manager Jim Benning announced today that former Canucks forward Jason King has been named an Assistant Coach with the Utica Comets, Vancouver’s AHL affiliate. King joins Head Coach Travis Green’s staff alongside Assistant Coach Nolan Baumgartner and Goaltending Coach, Player Development Roland Melanson.

 

King most recently served as Director of Hockey Operations following two seasons as an Assistant Coach for the St. John’s IceCaps of the American Hockey League. His playing career spanned 11 seasons including 59 career NHL games with 23 points (12-11-23), 335 AHL games and four seasons played in Europe with the Swedish and German Hockey Leagues.

 

In 2003 King was named NHL Rookie of the Month scoring eight goals and three assists (8-3-11) in 14 games while playing on the same line as Henrik and Daniel Sedin. He led the IceCaps in scoring during the 2011.12 season (22-19-41) and was honored as Community Man of the Year. In 2013.14, his first season behind the bench, King helped coach the IceCaps to their first-ever Calder Cup Finals.

http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=890444

[nux4lyfe]

I remember this guy looked like he had a lot of potential but never really panned out..

[Putgolzin]

4 minutes ago, nux4lyfe said:

I remember this guy looked like he had a lot of potential but never really panned out..

yup! that one month was a pretty exciting time!

[CRAZY_4_NAZZY]

Nice should be a solid addition to help the offense in Utica.  

 

Definitely Baummer's hand in this addition for sure.

[Honky Cat]

33 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said:

http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=890444

I thought that Roland Melanson had moved on...?

[Hairy Kneel]

The borderline players always seem to be the best coaches.

[Bigturk8]

6 minutes ago, Honky Cat said:

I thought that Roland Melanson had moved on...?

He swapped spots with Cloutier. I think personal reasons were involved and he wanted a smaller role while being closer to his family.

[Kevin Biestra]

Crazy that he only got 59 NHL games out of his whole career.  The first half of that season, he was looking like a rookie of the year candidate.  By the second half of the season, he was in the minors, never to return for more than a cup of coffee.

 

Sounds like he's paid his dues though.

[Tre Mac]

When Kenins lit it up I was like ' he's a young Jeff Cowan', when Cowan lit it up I was like 'he's a young Jason King.', when King lit it up I was like "This guy is a Hall of Famer!'

 

Man that one game vs. Detroit though....

[Canuck_Fan_52]

Ahh yes the Mattress Line!  They were entertaining to watch back in 03-04...Gone too soon!  Once other teams figured out their system the line was done!  Had that line been unpredictable, the Canucks would have had 2 solid lines with the WCE as well as veteran presence of Keane and Linden and who knows, we could have eliminated Calgary and then put up a good fight against the Sharks. 

 

Had the opportunity to watch him play during the lockout season (04-05) with the Moose.

 

Welcome back to the Canucks organization King!

[Hugor Hill]

So when the Sedins retire will they form 'The Mattress' coaching staff?

 

 

[DeNiro]

Pretty good that he was hired as an assistant coach immediately after he retired. Shows that the organization thought pretty highly of him.

 

He also helped guide the Ice Caps to the Calder Cup final in his first season as a coach, and was promoted after only two seasons. Hopefully he has a good eye for talent and can help Green evaluate some of these AHL guys.

[Fred65]

2 hours ago, Hairy Kneel said:

The borderline players always seem to be the best coaches.

For sure they're players that needed to study and examine their game just to stay in  the game. Many with great skills have no ida where their particular skill came from ... it was just there

[PlanB]

4 hours ago, Hairy Kneel said:

The borderline players always seem to be the best coaches.

A fringe player has to be a student of the game or they'll never make it.  They're the ones that actually listen to the coaches they've had over the years whilst the naturally talented ones always seem to function on their own level. 

[canucklehead44]

On 8/2/2016 at 8:31 PM, PlanB said:

A fringe player has to be a student of the game or they'll never make it.  They're the ones that actually listen to the coaches they've had over the years whilst the naturally talented ones always seem to function on their own level. 

Interesting. Also the top players earn 100 million over their careers VS the fringe guys who earn maybe two or three million over their career and need to keep working. 

[alfstonker]

On 2 August 2016 at 10:26 PM, DeNiro said:

Pretty good that he was hired as an assistant coach immediately after he retired. Shows that the organization thought pretty highly of him.

 

He also helped guide the Ice Caps to the Calder Cup final in his first season as a coach, and was promoted after only two seasons. Hopefully he has a good eye for talent and can help Green evaluate some of these AHL guys.

Green's replacement, perhaps?

[Herberts Vasiljevs]

One of my first memories as a hockey fan was when King absolutely scorched the earth for that one month. 

[canuckledraggin]

3 hours ago, Herberts Vasiljevs said:

One of my first memories as a hockey fan was when King absolutely scorched the earth for that one month. 

One of my first memories is Guy Lafleur streaking down the right wing with his hair flapping in the breeze. 

 

Those that can, do. Those that can't, teach. King is going to be another good coach who is suited to teaching the next generation. I'm stoked about bringing former Canucks back. Manny is next.

[Boudrias]

13 hours ago, canuckledraggin said:

One of my first memories is Guy Lafleur streaking down the right wing with his hair flapping in the breeze. 

 

Those that can, do. Those that can't, teach. King is going to be another good coach who is suited to teaching the next generation. I'm stoked about bringing former Canucks back. Manny is next.

For sure Guy but my all time favorite was Yvon 'the Roadrunner' breaking down the right side in the Red Army New Year's game. He took a pass knee high, at top speed, without breaking stride. Didn't score on the play but it visibly shocked the Russian bench. I watch replays of that game to simply see that play over and over.  

[Standing_Tall#37]

On August 19, 2016 at 7:19 PM, canuckledraggin said:

One of my first memories is Guy Lafleur streaking down the right wing with his hair flapping in the breeze. 

 

Those that can, do. Those that can't, teach. King is going to be another good coach who is suited to teaching the next generation. I'm stoked about bringing former Canucks back. Manny is next.

Funny how different generations have different memories I vaguely remember watching Gretzky light it up as an oiler, watching as a lil kid with my dad(when Canada was in love with the oilers).

 

 But one of my first solid hockey moments was watching Bure in his debut game going end to end on Winnipeg. Even as a young lad, you knew with that speed that he was going to be something special.