This past June, Glen Gulutzan was appointed as the head coach of the Calgary Flames. If all goes well this season, he will presumably be behind the bench next year when the Las Vegas expansion team joins the Western Conference. But unlike most of the other coaches in the National Hockey League, the arrival of the Sin City franchise will not be uncharted territory for Gulutzan.
Before he became the head coach of the Dallas Stars in 2011, Gulutzan had spent six seasons in the ECHL as the general manager and head coach of the Las Vegas Wranglers.