kickice
04-24-2004, 08:32 AM
on the official IHWC.net site there is a headline saying:
"Quenneville hospitalized, out as Team Canada coach"
but when I click on it - it says page error.
Anyone know what has happened to Coach Q?
littleD
04-24-2004, 08:54 AM
Team Canada announced Saturday afternoon that Head Coach Joel Quenneville was hospitalized last night and will return home as soon as he is well enough to travel.
General Manager Jim Nill announced that Quenneville will be replaced by one of his assistants, either Tom Renney or Mike Babcock.
Renney holds the inside track, having coached Canada at the 1994 Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer, and three World Championships (1995, 1996, 2000). Babcock's international experience comes in the form of a head coaching assignment at the 1997 IIHF World Junior Championships, at which Canada won gold.
Nill will make his decision on the new head coach later tonight. He also suggested a third coach, to act as assistant, will be brought in from Canada as soon as possible.
Quenneville had not been feeling well since arriving in Prague, suffering from lack of sleep that has become exhaustion. He is being cared for by team doctors at a local hospital and is being sedated until he is well enough rested to act under his own strength again.
http://live82.ihwc.net/english/article/news/index.ihwc?artId=1641
ehc73
04-24-2004, 02:41 PM
Does this mean they'll be bringing in another assistant?(assuming one of the assistants there takes over)
Kevin Forbes
04-24-2004, 02:52 PM
Babcock is named the new head coach
Renney is named "associate coach"
Mike Pelino (former Hockey Canada coach and Florida Panthers assistant) is named the new assistant coach
http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/news_story.asp?id=81417
Any word on what's happened to Quenneville, though?
Padawan
04-24-2004, 05:20 PM
Any word on what's happened to Quenneville, though?
In Finnish TV there has been said that Quenneville suffered a burn out. Don't know if it's true but I can't think any reason why they would make something like this up.
It's a bad loss to Team Canada but I think that Team Canada will deal with this as professionals they are and continue their journey to get to the goal. To win the World Championship.
Rattrick
04-24-2004, 09:14 PM
I hope Babcock doesn't favor Giguere over Luongo :(
Shane
04-24-2004, 09:30 PM
Any word on what's happened to Quenneville, though?
Severe exhaustion. Before he was hospitalized, he hadn't slept in four days.
Classic Devil
04-24-2004, 09:44 PM
Severe exhaustion. Before he was hospitalized, he hadn't slept in four days.
Why? What was he doing? Anxiety? I don't get it.
Here's to his health.