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Annual Coaches' Clinic Takes It Online

06/10/2020 at 11:19am EDT

from Carol Schram of SportsMoney,

When the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of the NHL’s 2020 draft weekend event in Montreal on June 26-27, the annual coaches’ clinic that was scheduled to take place one day earlier became collateral damage.

Undaunted, clinic organizers took their event online. This week, that virtual program is reaching more coaches than ever before, with an expanded five-day program and a true global reach.

“We were all set to have 500 coaches join us in Montreal this June, right before the draft,” said NHL Coaches’ Association president Lindsay Artkin. “Obviously, the world is a drastically different place now, related to Covid.

“We made the decision toward the end of March to not kibosh the continuing education opportunity that the clinic provides, but rather just bring it online and restructure the agenda so that we had a way to deliver all of the knowledge and expertise that our NHL coaches have, just in this new digital online format.”

On Monday morning, more than 900 participants from around the world tuned in as Anaheim Ducks head coach Dallas Eakins kicked off the week with his presentation, “Creating Team Culture: How to Build and Cultivate a Strong Dressing Room.”

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