Dennis Williams helped Canada win the gold medal at the 2022 world junior hockey championship as an assistant coach.
Hockey Canada announced its coaching staff for the tournament in Halifax and Moncton, N.B., on Wednesday. Joining Williams on Canada’s bench will assistants coaches Stephane Julien, Brent Kisio and Alan Letang.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
Williams, the head coach and general manager of the Western Hockey League’s Everett Silvertips, was part of Dave Cameron’s staff for Canada’s team that won a rare summer tournament in Edmonton with a 3-2 win over Finland in the Aug. 20 gold-medal game. He won a silver medal as an assistant with Canada’s summer under-18 team at the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup and served as head coach of Canada Black at the 2018 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge.
The 2022 championship was postponed from its normal time due to an outbreak of the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus. Canada’s junior team will hold a training camp Dec. 9-12 in Moncton before selecting a final roster for the world junior championship.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 9, 2022.
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