Following the departure of Rick Bowness as an assistant coach, General Manager Steve Yzerman and Head Coach Jon Cooper have promoted Jeff Halpern into an assistant coach role for the Tampa Bay Lightning. The 42-year-old has spent the past two seasons working for the Syracuse Crunch, first as a development coach and then as an assistant coach last season under Head Coach Benoit Groulx.
The appointment was initially reported by Joe Smith of The Athletic. For once, it sounds like “rumblings” turned into a real thing!
Hearing rumblings that Jeff Halpern may be joining #tblightning staff.