The Calgary Flames announced their new coaching staff on Tuesday, led by new head coach Brent Sutter.
Sutter, who had resigned earlier in the off-season from his post with the New Jersey Devils due to family reasons, will have former NHLers Ryan McGill, Dave Lowry and Jamie McLennan by his side, having been named assistant coaches.
Sutter, brother of Flames general manager Darryl Sutter, posted a 97-56-11 mark over the last two seasons as head coach of the Devils. The 47-year-old also spent eight seasons behind the bench with the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League prior to his jump to the NHL.
The native of Viking, Alberta spent 18 years as a player with the Islanders and Blackhawks from 1980-98, racking up 829 points in 1,111 games, and winning a pair of Stanley Cups with New York.
McGill had been an assistant with the Flames' American Hockey League farm teams in Quad City and Omaha over the last four seasons. The 40-year-old Alberta native recorded 19 points and 391 penalty minutes in 151 NHL games from 1991-95 with three teams.
Lowry, who finished his 19-year NHL career with Calgary in 2004, comes to the club after serving as head coach of the WHL's Calgary Hitmen last season. He was an assistant and associate coach there from 2005-08.
McLennan has been promoted to assistant after serving last season as a scout for the Flames. This will be his first coaching job. The native of Edmonton and former goaltender played in 57 games for Calgary over parts of three seasons during an 11-year pro career.
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