Vancouver, B.C. – Vancouver Canucks General Manager Mike Gillis announced today that Darryl Williams has been named Assistant Coach, Video for the club. Williams will work alongside Head Coach Alain Vigneault, Associate Coach Rick Bowness and Assistant Coach Ryan Walter on the Canucks staff.
Williams, 40, joins the Canucks organization from the St. John’s Fog Devils of the QMJHL, where he worked the past four seasons as Associate Coach, Video Coordinator and Strength & Conditioning Coach. Prior to joining St. John’s, Williams served in a number of coaching capacities including Head Coaching duties with the Kansas City Outlaws of the United Hockey League and Assistant Coach of the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League.
The Labrador City, Newfoundland native played 11 seasons in the American Hockey League and International Hockey League, highlighted by a two-game call up to the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings in the 1992-93 season.
He is obtaining a variety of people that specialize in a certain skill,
Gilman - Cap expert
Walter - Leadership/Motivation expert
Williams - Video analysis expert
Mellanby - Player expert
Pehlan - Masters in Sports Psychologist
Gagner - Player Development expert
He is obtaining a variety of people that specialize in a certain skill,
Gilman - Cap expert
Walter - Leadership/Motivation expert
Williams - Video analysis expert
Mellanby - Player expert
Pehlan - Masters in Sports Psychologist
Gagner - Player Development expert
John Phelan, the Canucks's new sports psychologist:
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John’s past accomplishments include: mental skills coach Team Canada – 2004 Gold Medal Winners; 2002 Men’s Canadian Olympic Hockey team in the area of team building and mental skills prior to the Olympics in Salt Lake City: playing and captaining the Canadian National Rugby team.
John has won several teaching awards, most recently the 2005 Commerce Society’s President’s Award.
John is in high demand for his approaches to leadership, motivation and coaching. He has spoken to such groups as Canadian Military (J.O.G.), Suncor, Multi-laser, as well as a host of others. He has spent the past 10 years working with the Ottawa Senators two years as a coach with their American Hockey League team (the P.E. I. Senators) and currently in mental skills and player development. He is currently working with the Florida Panthers.
He is involved in the Queen’s Executive Development Program and has been since 1989 in several capacities involving personal leadership and lifestyle balance.
John’s past accomplishments include: mental skills coach Team Canada – 2004 Gold Medal Winners; 2002 Men’s Canadian Olympic Hockey team in the area of team building and mental skills prior to the Olympics in Salt Lake City: playing and captaining the Canadian National Rugby team.
John has won several teaching awards, most recently the 2005 Commerce Society’s President’s Award.
John is in high demand for his approaches to leadership, motivation and coaching. He has spoken to such groups as Canadian Military (J.O.G.), Suncor, Multi-laser, as well as a host of others. He has spent the past 10 years working with the Ottawa Senators two years as a coach with their American Hockey League team (the P.E. I. Senators) and currently in mental skills and player development. He is currently working with the Florida Panthers.
I assume it is but there really hasn't been anything reported. He's been touted as a motivational coach but in his introduction press conference I don't think they mentioned what, exactly, he'll be doing.
Williams is touted as being a video expert, but is there some evidence as to what makes him so great?
It's not an attack on Williams, I'm genuinely curious to see if anybody is in the know about what he brings to the table... it's one thing to call him the "video specialist" but I'd like to see what makes him different from the hundreds/thousands of people who watch and analyze hockey video.
I assume it is but there really hasn't been anything reported. He's been touted as a motivational coach but in his introduction press conference I don't think they mentioned what, exactly, he'll be doing.
Reporter: So Ryan, what exactly will your duties entail as the Canucks assistant coach?
Ryan: These are not the questions you are looking for. *Gives black and white photo thumbs up*
I'm kinda wary of handing the PP expert job to a guy who was ppg for like one season of his entire career, playing with Gartner and Maruk (for both of his offensively explosive seasons).
I'm kinda wary of handing the PP expert job to a guy who was ppg for like one season of his entire career, playing with Gartner and Maruk (for both of his offensively explosive seasons).
Using that reasoning, Montreal wouldn't have had the league's best PP with Doug Jarvis in charge.
