Dave King

Born in Canada, Dave started coaching full time in 1977. Moving with his family to Billings, Montana he coached the Billings Bighorns in the WHL earning Coach of the Year honors in 1978. He coached the University of Saskatchewan Huskies hockey team from 1979 to 1983 going to the Championship Finals in 81, 82 and 83 winning the CIAU Championship in 1983. As well, he coached Canada's National Junior Team to Canada's first ever gold medal in 1982. From 1983 to 1992 he was the Head Coach, General Manager of Canada's Men's Olympic Hockey Team winning the silver medal in 1992. Dave started coaching in the NHL in 1992 coaching the Calgary Flames from 1992-1995, Montreal Canadiens 1997-2000, Columbus Blue Jackets from 2000-2003 and the Phoenix Coyotes from 2009 to 2016. When not coaching in the NHL, Dave had stints with the Hamburg Freezers DEL, Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Russian Super League, Mannheim Eagles DEL and Yaroslavl Lokomotiv, Kontinental Hockey League. Dave also coached in numerous Spengler Cups winning the Gold Medal in 2005 with Magnitogorsk, and 2016 and 2017 with Canada. He also coached in the 2018 Winter Olympics with Team Canada winning a bronze medal. Dave was awarded the Order of Canada in 1992 and Order of Hockey in Canada in 2013 along with Mark Messier and Paul Henderson. Dave has also written another book titled The King of Russia; a year in the Russian Super League, also available on Amazon.