Former Player And Coach Returns To The Nhl

Craig Berube Named Head Coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs

Former Player and Coach Returns to the NHL

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The Toronto Maple Leafs have announced the hiring of Craig Berube as their new head coach. Berube, a former player and coach in the National Hockey League (NHL), takes over a team that has not advanced past the first round of the playoffs in seven years.

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Berube, 56, played 17 seasons in the NHL as a defenseman. He won the Stanley Cup with the Philadelphia Flyers in 1997 and represented Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

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As a coach, Berube led the St. Louis Blues to the Stanley Cup in 2019. He was fired by the Blues in 2022 after missing the playoffs.

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The Maple Leafs are hoping that Berube can bring his winning ways to Toronto. The team has been plagued by postseason failures in recent years, and Berube will be tasked with guiding them to their first Stanley Cup since 1967.