WHL13 Changes Log May 7, 2007 Greenwich Gorillas change their name to Minnesota Rink Rats, unveil new logo, and update their team information: Owner: Tyler Ladouceur General Manager: Tyler Ladouceur Head Coach: Barry Melrose Assistant: Dirk Graham Farm Team Coach: John Ogrodnick Assistant Farm Team Coach: Joey Kocur Director of Scouting: Mark Howe Arena: Stanley's Palace Practice Facility: Premium Ice Arena Captain: Marc Savard Assistants: Jay Bouwmeester to Owner: Initech Corp President & General Manager: Tyler LaDouceur Director of Player Personnel: HG Pennypacker Head Coach: Barry Melrose Assistants: Dave Hakstol and Don Lucia Public Relations Director: Cosmo Kramer Director of Player Personnel: Karl Goehring Director of Scouting: Ralph Engelstad Arena: Rats Nest (18,064) Captain: Marc Savard Assistants: Jay Bouwmeester and Derek Roy Team Colors: Black, Red & Green Broadcasters: Darren Pang and Pat Sweeney Farm Team: Duluth Moose City: Duluth, MN Farm Team Head Coach: Gordon Bombay Farm Team Assistants: Dixon Ward and Murray Baron May 20, 2007 Winnipeg IceDogs announce their relocation to Niagara Falls, Ontario. May 27, 2007 Kanata Saints update their team information: Head Coach: Stephen Legge (interim) Assistants: Ron Francis Farm Team Coach: Brad Marsh Director of Players and Personnel: Pierre Maguire Arena: ScotiaBank Place Captain: Rob Blake Assistants: Paul Kariya and Alexander Mogilny to Head Coach: Pierre Maguire Assistants: Ron Francis and Steve Yzerman Farm Team Coach: Brad Marsh Arena: ScotiaBank Place Captain: to be determined Assistants: to be determined June 5, 2007 New York Demons remove traded Patrick Marleau as Captain and Brad Richards as Assistant. Edmonton Dropkicks remove traded Joe Thornton as Captain, and Ryan Smyth and Teemu Selanne as Alternate Captains. Evgeni Malkin, Demons, changed from C to LW. June 5, 2007 New York Demons update their team info: Assistant GM: Andrew Brock Head Coach: Andrew Brock Assistants: Randy Cunneyworth and Randy Carlyle Arena: The Ice Palace to Head Coach: Randy Carlyle Assistants: Randy Cunneyworth Arena: Madison Square Garden June 6, 2007 Dany Heatley, Dropkicks, changed from RW to LW. June 11, 2007 Edmonton Dropkicks update their team info: Captain: none Alternate Captains: none to Captain: Dany Heatley Alternate Captains: Daniel Alfredsson, Marian Hossa and Zdeno Chara June 12, 2007 Mississauga Vipers update their logo. June 17, 2007 Mississauga Vipers remove traded Assistant Captain Eric Weinrich. Saskatoon Fighting Irish remove retired farm Captain Michal Grosek and assistant Andrei Nazarov. Niagara Falls IceDogs remove retired Assistant Captain Cliff Ronning. Anchorage Orcas remove retired Assistant Captain Steve Konowalchuk. June 17, 2007 Quebec City Corinthians update their team info: General Manager: Kevin Lowe Head Coach: Kevin Lowe Assistants: Mark Tinordi (Defensemen) Francois Allaire (Goaltenders) Head Scout: Mats Naslund Other Scouts: Brad McCrimmon (WHL) Philippe DeRouville (CHL) Mike Donnelly (USA) to General Manager: Marc Hebert (interim) Head Coach: TBD Assistants: TBD (Defensemen) Francois Allaire (Goaltenders) TBD: Kevin Lowe, Mats Naslund and Eric Weinrich Head Scout: TBD Other Scouts: TBD (WHL) TBD (CHL) TBD (USA) Farm Team Coach: TBD June 19, 2007 Kyle Calder, Cats, changed from LW to RW. Mike Cammalleri, Cats, changed from RW to LW. Pavel Vorobiev, Cats, changed from LW to RW. June 22, 2007 Anchorage Orcas add Steve Konowalchuk and Turner Stevenson as Assistant Coaches. July 10, 2007 Kanata Saints announce that Chris Phillips has been named Captain. Assistants still TBD. July 13, 2007 Niagara Falls IceDogs update their team info: General Manager: Bobby Clarke Assistant General Manager: Mike Barnett Vice-President: Director of Player Ops: Don Cherry Head Coach: Ted Nolan Special Consultant: Red Berenson and Mario Lemieux Assistants: Mike Eaves, Stan Butler, Peter DeBeor and Dale Hunter Farm Team Coach: Brent Sutter Farm Team Assistants: Tony Granato, Jari Kurri, Esa Tikkanen and Joe Mullen Head Scout: Denis Savard Other Scouts: Gary Suter (North America Defensemen) Pat Lafontaine (North America Forwards) Bill Ranford (North America Goalies) Vlad Konstantinov (Europe Defensemen) Sergei Makarov (Europe Forwards) Andrei Trefilov (Europe Goalies) Arena: The Cage 17,000 capacity Team Warm-up Song: GNR Welcome to the Jungle Captain: Joe Nieuwendyk Assistants: Scott Thornton and Craig Rivet Media: TSN, CTV Sportsnet, MOJO AM 640, FAN 590 Broadcasters: Bob McKenzie, Pierre McGuire, Kelly Hrudey Team Reporter: Jim Rome to General Manager: Bobby Clarke Assistant General Manager: Don Cherry Director of Player Ops: Mario Lemieux Head Coach: Ted Nolan Special Consultant: Denis Savard Assistants: none Farm Team Coach: Dale Hunter Farm Team Assistants: Mike Eaves, Stan Butler, Peter DeBeor and Red Berenson Head Scout: Bryan Murray Other Scouts: Gary Suter (North America Defensemen) Pat Lafontaine (North America Forwards) Bill Ranford (North America Goalies) Vlad Konstantinov (Europe Defensemen) Sergei Makarov (Europe Forwards) Andrei Trefilov (Europe Goalies) Arena: Niagra Falls View Casino (16,000 capacity) Team Warm-up Song: Marilyn Manson "The Beautiful People" Captain: tbd Assistants: tbd Media: TSN, CTV Sportsnet, MOJO AM 640, FAN 590 Broadcasters: tbd Team Reporter: Jim Rome July 14, 2007 Alex Bourret, Sparrows, changed from C to RW. August 5, 2007 Chris Clark, IceDogs, corrected from L to R. August 6, 2007 Niagara Falls IceDogs name Rick Jeanneret (play by play) and Brett Hull (analyst) as Broadcasters. August 9, 2007 Anchorage Orcas update their team logo. August 10, 2007 Bluevale Knights will now be known as Dibai Dynamite. September 5, 2007 Nikolai Zherdev, Cats, changed from LW to RW. Antoine Vermette, Sparrows, changed from LW to C. Scott Hartnell, Demons, changed from LW to RW. September 7, 2007 Brian Rolston, Fighting Irish, changed from C to LW. Jason Williams, Fighting Irish, changed from C to RW. John Madden, Fighting Irish, changed from LW to C. Vaclav Prospal, Fighting Irish, changed from LW to C. Milan Michalek, Fighting Irish, changed from LW to RW. Sean Avery, Cats, changed from C to RW. September 8, 2007 Joel Perrault, Sparrows, changed from C to RW. September 10, 2007 Dustin Boyd, Rink Rats, changed from C to LW. Jamal Mayers, Rink Rats, changed from RW to LW. September 10, 2007 New York Demons update their team info: Farm Team Coach: Dave Hunter Assistants: Ed Olczyk and Rod Langway Arena: Madison Square Garden Captain: none Assistants: Robyn Regehr Farm Team Captain: Ryan Clowe Assistants: Fedor Tyutin and Jesse Niinimaki to Farm Team Coach: Brent Sutter Assistants: Ed Olczyk and Rod Langway Arena: Madison Square Garden Captain: Joe Thornton Assistants: Robyn Regehr and Ryan Smyth Farm Team Captain: Tim Gleason Assistants: Jiri Hudler and Ryan Clowe September 11, 2007 Tony Amonte, Saints, LW to RW. September 15, 2007 Captain: tbd Assistants: tbd to Captain: Shane Doan Assistants: Chris Drury, Rob Blake and Chris Chelios September 15, 2007 Dallas Drake, Express, changed from LW to RW. Arron Asham, Rink Rats, changed from RW to LW. September 18, 2007 Steve Sullivan, Corinthians, changed from RW to LW. September 19, 2007 Curtis Brown, Timberjacks, changed from C to LW. Dave Scatchard, Timberjacks, changed from C to RW. September 20, 2007 Jan Bulis, Vipers, changed from LW to C. September 21, 2007 Byron Ritchie, Cats, changed from C to RW. Taylor Pyatt, Hoodrats, changed from LW to RW. September 24, 2007 Kanata Saints update their Assistant Captains from To be determined to Ilya Kovalchuk and Tony Amonte. September 25, 2007 Kelowna Cats update their team info: General Manager: Jason Minton Assistant GM: Rick Dudley Head Coach: Christopher Walken Assistants: Zach Comar and Doug Gilmour Scouting Director: Andy Seres to General Manager: Jason Minton Assistant GM: Zach Comar Head Coach: Christopher Walken Assistants: Doug Gilmour Scouting Director for North America: Rick Dudley Scouting Director for Europe: Dale Tallon October 3, 2007 John Pohl, Cats, changed from C to RW. October 1, 2007 Quebec City Corinthians update their team info: Head Coach: TBD Assistants: TBD (Defensemen) Francois Allaire (Goaltenders) TBD: Kevin Lowe, Mats Naslund and Eric Weinrich Head Scout: TBD Other Scouts: TBD (WHL) TBD (CHL) TBD (USA) WFHL Affiliate: Chambly Brewers Farm Team Coach: TBD Brewers Captain: Stephane Robidas Assistants: Chris Kelly and Jonathan Ferland to Director of Player Management and Development: Kevin Lowe Head Coach: Dany Dube Assistants: Eric Weinrich and Chris Nilan Francois Allaire (Goaltenders) Head Scout: Andre Savard Other Scouts: Mats Naslund and Brad McCrimmon WFHL Affiliate: Montreal Wanderers Arena: Maurice Richard Farm Team Coach: Richard Martel Brewers Captain: Stephane Robidas Assistants: Chris Kelly and Jonathan Ferland October 6, 2007 Steve Sullivan, Corinthians, changed from LW to RW. Niagara Falls IceDogs name Lindy Ruff and John Tortorella as Assistant Coaches. October 18, 2007 Rob Niedermayer, Hoodrats, changed from C to RW. October 19, 2007 Tom Kostopoulos, Hoodrats, changed from RW to LW. October 21, 2007 Alexander Steen, Cougars, changed from C to LW. October 21, 2007 Harlem Hoodrats update their team info: Owner: Bigpimpin, Inc. President: Carter Jordan General Manager: Carter Jordan Head Coach: Butch Goring Assistants: Greg Gilbert and John Tonelli Goaltenders Coach: Vladislav Tretiak Farm Team Coach: Denis Potvin Assistant: Clark Gillies Arena: Waterfront Gardens Captain: Petr Nedved Assistants: Mike Ricci to Owner: Bigpimpin, Inc. President: Carter Jordan Vice-President: Russell Simmons General Manager: Jay-Z Assistant GMs: Fat Joe and 50 Cent Director of Player Personnel: Colin Campbell Public Relations Director: Jerry Seinfeld Special Assistants to PR Director: George Costanza and Elaine Benes Events Coordinator: Paris Hilton Director of Scouting (North America): Herb Brooks Director of Scouting (Europe): Esa Tikkanen Head Coach: Butch Goring Assistants: Greg Gilbert and John Tonelli Goaltenders Coach: Ed Giacomin Arena: Hamilton Heights Hall aka The Triple H (17,937) Captain: Rod Brind'Amour Assistants: Adrian Aucoin and Olaf Kolzig Team Commentators: Adam Graves and John McEnroe Team Reporter: Guido Gotti (Harlem Herald Tribune) Team Colors: Purple/Black/Yellow Team Mascot: Harvey the Hoodrat Farm Team: Ronkonkoma Rampage Farm Team Head Coach: Denis Potvin Farm Team Assistant Coaches: Clark Gillies and Jari Kurri Farm Team Goaltenders Coach: Felix Potvin Farm Team Arena: Rampage Rink aka The Arena of Death (8,456) Farm Team Commentators: Louie Anderson and Sarah Silverman Farm Team Reporter: Giorgio Gotti (Guido's cousin and a reporter for the Ronkonkoma Rag) Farm Team Colors: Grey/Red/White Farm Team Mascot: Rayquan the Rampaging Rhino November 3, 2007 Fighting Irish update their team info: Captain: Ray Whitney Assistants: Luke Richardson and Kim Johnsson Farm Team Captain: none Assistants: Yan Stastny and Josh Gorges to Captain: Ray Whitney Assistants: Vaclav Prospal, Brian Rolston and Scott Hannan Farm Team Captain: Chris Higgins Assistants: Andy Wozniewski, Yan Stastny and Josh Gorges November 11, 2007 Niagara Falls IceDogs update their team info: Owner: Jon Lemoine 51%, Gambino Family 49% Special Consultant: Denis Savard Other Scouts: Gary Suter (North America Defensemen) Pat Lafontaine (North America Forwards) Bill Ranford (North America Goalies) Vlad Konstantinov (Europe Defensemen) Sergei Makarov (Europe Forwards) Andrei Trefilov (Europe Goalies) to Owner: Jon Lemoine Special Consultants: Mark Messier and Scott Stevens Other Scouts: Al MacInnis (North America Defensemen) Pat Lafontaine (North America Forwards) Bill Ranford (North America Goalies) Vlad Konstantinov (Europe Defensemen) Sergei Makarov (Europe Forwards) Arturs Irbe (Europe Goalies) November 23, 2007 Jes Golbez announced his resignation as GM of the HC Slavia Praha. Team info is this updated: Owner: Czechia Hockey Corporation: Skanska a.s. (70%) esports.cz/Jes Gölbez Ursul'ák (10%) and HC Slavia s.r.o. (20%) President: Miroslav Tvrdy Vice-President: Tomas Kotouc General Manager: Vladimir Ruzicka Assistant General Manager: Jes Gölbez Ursul'ák European Affrairs Manager: Ladislav Blazek Director of Player Personnel: Jes Gölbez Ursul'ák to Owner: none General Manager: none Assistant General Manager: none Director of Player Personnel: none November 25, 2007 Added Dave MacDougall as Owner and General Manager of the HC Slavia Praha January 12, 2008 Waterloo Lunatics remove retired Assistant Captain Lyle Odelein. Ottawa Maniax remove traded Captain Sergei Fedorov, and traded Assistant Captains Bryan McCabe and Chris Drury. Niagara Falls IceDogs update their team info: Captain: Shane Doan Assistants: Chris Drury, Rob Blake and Chris Chelios to Captain: Rob Blake Assistants: Chris Drury, Daniel Briere and Chris Chelios January 14, 2008 Waterloo Lunatics update their team info: Team Trainer: "Big Pappa Pump" Scott Steiner "The Crippler" Chris Benoit Team Scouts: Andre "Red Light" Racicot and Claude Lemieux to Team Trainer: "Big Pappa Pump" Scott Steiner Team Scouts: Andre "Red Light" Racicot ... Farm Team: Owner: Jason Stumpf General Manage: Mick Foley Head Coach: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Assistant: Claude Lemieux Captain: Jay McClement Assistant Captains: Donald Brashear and Mike Komisarek January 26, 2008 HC Slavia Praha update their team info: Owner: Dave MacDougall President: Miroslav Tvrdy Vice-President: Tomas Kotouc General Manager: Dave MacDougall Assistant General Manager: none European Affrairs Manager: Ladislav Blazek Director of Player Personnel: none Head Coach: Vladimir Ruzicka Assistants: Bob Hartley and Frantisek Musil Farm Team: St. Louis Shock Farm Team Head Coach: Barry Trotz Director of Scouting: David Conte North American Scouts: David Conte, David Poile and Duc Tran European Scouts: Peter Stastny, Anders Hedberg, Robert Neuhauser and Branislav Pulis Arena: Sazka Arena (18,000) Captain: none Assistants: Pavol Demitra Team Commentators: Vaclav Tittelbach and Milos Holan to Owner: Hobbit Enterprises President: Mike Ilitch Vice-President: Marion Ilitch General Manager: Dave MacDougall Assistant General Manager: Doug Wilson General Affairs Manager: Brian Burke European Affairs Manager: Thomas Gradin Director of Player Personnel: Igor Larionov Interim Head Coach: Barry Trotz Assistants: Bob Hartley and Frantisek Musil Farm Team: St. Louis Shock Farm Team Head Coach: Mike Babcock Director of Scouting: David Conte North American Scouts: David Conte, David Poile and Duc Tran European Scouts: Peter Stastny, Anders Hedberg and Thomas Gradin Arena: Sazka Arena (18,000) Captain: none Assistants: Pavol Demitra January 29, 2008 Niagara Falls IceDogs replace traded Assistant Captain Chris Drury with Joe Nieuwendyk. January 29, 2008 Dubai Dynamite update their team info: Owner: Sunny Pathak General Manager: Sunny Pathak Head Coach: Dave Shultz Assistants: Leif Bork and Hans Scheike Team Doctor: Johan Muhlegg Farm Team Coach: Newsy Lalonde Arena: Middle-Earth arena Captain: none Assistans: Oleg Tverdovsky to Owner: KaBoom Corp (60%), ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) (20%), Sunny Pathak (20%) C.E.O. of KaBoom Corp: Sunny Pathak President: Bryan Colangelo General Manager: Bryan Colangelo Head Coach: Dave Shultz Assistants: Leif Bork and Hans Scheike Team Doctor: Johan Muhlegg Farm Team Coach: Newsy Lalonde Arena: Vodafone Stadium (85,000) Captain: none Assistans: Oleg Tverdovsky February 3, 2008 Antoine Vermette, Sparrows, changed from C to LW. Trevor Letowski, HC Slavia, changed from C to RW. Jiri Hudler, Demons, changed from C to RW. Milan Michalek, Fighting Irish, changed from RW to LW. Josef Vasicek, Rink Rats, changed from C to LW. Dustin Boyd, Rink Rats, changed from LW to RW. Richard Park, Rink Rats, changed from RW to C. Mike York, Rink Rats, changed from RW to LW. Jason Blake, IceDogs, changed from LW to RW. Pavel Datsyuk, IceDogs, changed from C to LW. February 5, 2008 Christoph Schubert, Corinthians, changed from D to LW. Pavel Datsyuk, IceDogs, changed from LW to C. ©2008 Web Hockey League