The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins announced Wednesday that former players Tom Kostopoulos and Andy Chiodo were hired to Pittsburgh’s player development staff, joining current director of player development Scott Young and player development coach Jarrod Skalde.
Kostopoulos, 39, the five-time captain of the Baby Pens and sweetheart of the AHL team’s fanbase, will be working as a player development coach, while Chiodo, 35, will be utilized in the goaltending department, assisting in their development as well.
Kostopoulos is just coming off his final season as a professional player, where he racked up 1,468 combined NHL and AHL playoff and regular season games, a Wilkes-Barre Scranton record for games played, in his 19-year-long hockey career.