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Canadian coach Louis Robitaille to step behind the bench for Omskie Krylya

Avangard Hockey Club announces the appointment of Canadian specialist Louis Robitaille as head coach of Omskie Krylya VHL team. The coach is signed to a two-year contract.

Louis Robitaille, 43, has been coaching since 2011, and has spent most of his career in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). He has also worked as an assistant coach of Canada U17, U18, U20 teams, won U18 WJC Bronze Medal in 2015 and U20 WJC Gold Medal in 2022. Robitaille has been the head coach of Cape Breton Eagles, QMJHL for the last two seasons.

Alexei Sopin, Avangard HC General Manager:

- In four years since its foundation, Omskie Krylya have not been able to achieve a sports result our club is expected to achieve. In addition, the team did not provide players for Avangard, did not develop them. We need to change the approach to both building the roster of Omskie Krylya and the work of the head coach. For this reason, we offered a foreign specialist to take up this position. Louis Robitaille is an experienced coach who knows how to develop young players. He has proven this with his work with Canadian clubs and national teams. In addition, he is in good contact with Guy Boucher. We want our farm team to play the same hockey and have the same system as the first team – that would make moving up the tiers easier for the players. The same applies to players signed to two-way contracts, who can move between the VHL and the KHL team during the season. Our main goal is to build a unified system of training and development of players throughout the entire Avangard vertical structure.

The coaching staff of Omskie Krylya will be rebuilt, Louis Robitaille’s assistants are to be announced later.

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