As rumoured yesterday and confirmed this morning in a conference call with reporters, Ron Wilson has been named Head Coach of the U20 team that USA Hockey will send to Helsinki for the 2016 World Jr Hockey Championships. Wilson has international coaching experience already, he won Bronze in the 1996 World Championships, Gold at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, lost in the quarter finals of the 1998 Winter Olympics, and won Silver with Team USA at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Ron Wilson becomes only the second coach to lead a team at the Olympics, Men's World Championship and World Junior Championship.