The Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues will face each other in the Stanley Cup playoffs first round. We at Hockey Wilderness will be previewing everything about these Central Division rivals. Go check out the piece on the defense here.
Craig Berube and Dean Evason’s paths to becoming head coaches in the NHL are very similar: former players found moderate success during their careers before transitioning to coaching. While Evason cut his teeth in the WHL, Berube was a rare player-coach in the AHL with the Leigh Valley Phantoms — a Philadelphia Flyer’s affiliate — before transitioning to just coaching.