Coaching is not an easy job, especially in the NHL, and especially when taking over a team mid-season for your first NHL head coaching job. That’s the challenge Montreal Canadiens interim head coach Dominique Ducharme took on.
As a coach, you have a ton of things to manage. You need to implement your system, you need to choose your lineup, and you need to make sure the players come out and execute.
Laval Rocket head coach Joël Bouchard often says that the coaches don’t hold the sticks. He often says this to give credit to players, but it works the other way too.