Triton
05-10-2006, 04:04 PM
Brent Sutter will not be back as head coach of Canada's world junior hockey team.
The GM and head coach of the WHL's Red Deer Rebels says he informed Hockey Canada president Bob Nicholson on Wednesday that he won't be returning.
"To do it a third year in a row would have been too much," he said in a statement released by the Rebels. "We have a young team here and we missed the playoffs last season. I should be spending my time with our team."
Sutter led the Canadians to back-to-back gold medals in 2005 and 2006.
The GM and head coach of the WHL's Red Deer Rebels says he informed Hockey Canada president Bob Nicholson on Wednesday that he won't be returning.
"To do it a third year in a row would have been too much," he said in a statement released by the Rebels. "We have a young team here and we missed the playoffs last season. I should be spending my time with our team."
Sutter led the Canadians to back-to-back gold medals in 2005 and 2006.