On May 31, 2018, the Calgary Flames lured Geoff Ward away from the New Jersey Devils by hiring him as associate coach. On November 27, 2019, he took over behind the bench for Bill Peters and was officially made interim coach upon Peters’ resignation two days later.
43 regular season games and a playoff series later, has Ward done enough to become a fully-fledged Flames head coach?
Regular season performance
Under Ward, the Flames went 25-15-3 in the remaining regular season games. By points percentage, the Flames were eighth in the NHL during his tenure.