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Rockford IceHogs head coach Derek King ‘looking forward to clean slate’

ROCKFORD — A lot has changed within the Blackhawks organization in the past year with new head coaches at the NHL, AHL and ECHL levels.

Joel Quenneville is out in favor of Jeremy Colliton in the NHL. Derek King is now the head coach of the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs after two seasons as an assistant, including one under Colliton. And Doug Christiansen enters the organization as the ECHL coach and general manager after Bernie John and the Indy Fuel mutually parted ways.

The Blackhawks front office, Colliton and players have expressed throughout the offseason how beneficial it’ll be for the team to have a full training camp under Colliton to learn and implement his systems.