Leafs hire Rick St. Croix

[Corn Flake]

According to Dreger, St. Croix has been hired as the new goalie coach to replace Allaire.

Some info here:

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/18/leafs-hire-new-goalie-coach-rick-st-croix/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

didn't realize he coached Corey Schnider, among others.  Good omen?

 

[Fletch]

Congrats to Rick St. Croix.

 

[armche123]

Who?

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Who?

St. Croix played in net for the Philadelphia Flyers and Maple Leafs before he began his coaching career.

He served as an assistant for the Winnipeg Jets in the late 1980′s and was the Dallas Stars? goalie coach when they won their Stanley Cup.

St. Croix most recently served as the goalie coach for the Manitoba Moose. Gary Lawless points out that he worked with Cory Schneider, Eddie Lack and Eddie Pasquale at the AHL level, achieving significant success.

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/18/leafs-hire-new-goalie-coach-rick-st-croix/

 

[armche123]

Who?

St. Croix played in net for the Philadelphia Flyers and Maple Leafs before he began his coaching career.

He served as an assistant for the Winnipeg Jets in the late 1980′s and was the Dallas Stars? goalie coach when they won their Stanley Cup.

St. Croix most recently served as the goalie coach for the Manitoba Moose. Gary Lawless points out that he worked with Cory Schneider, Eddie Lack and Eddie Pasquale at the AHL level, achieving significant success.

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/18/leafs-hire-new-goalie-coach-rick-st-croix/

who?

 

[rdowdall]

Who?

St. Croix played in net for the Philadelphia Flyers and Maple Leafs before he began his coaching career.

He served as an assistant for the Winnipeg Jets in the late 1980′s and was the Dallas Stars? goalie coach when they won their Stanley Cup.

St. Croix most recently served as the goalie coach for the Manitoba Moose. Gary Lawless points out that he worked with Cory Schneider, Eddie Lack and Eddie Pasquale at the AHL level, achieving significant success.

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/18/leafs-hire-new-goalie-coach-rick-st-croix/

who?

Wicka Wicka...Slim Shady.

 

[armche123]

Who?

St. Croix played in net for the Philadelphia Flyers and Maple Leafs before he began his coaching career.

He served as an assistant for the Winnipeg Jets in the late 1980′s and was the Dallas Stars? goalie coach when they won their Stanley Cup.

St. Croix most recently served as the goalie coach for the Manitoba Moose. Gary Lawless points out that he worked with Cory Schneider, Eddie Lack and Eddie Pasquale at the AHL level, achieving significant success.

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/18/leafs-hire-new-goalie-coach-rick-st-croix/

who?

Wicka Wicka...Slim Shady.

OOOOH ok

 

[armche123]

Who?

St. Croix played in net for the Philadelphia Flyers and Maple Leafs before he began his coaching career.

He served as an assistant for the Winnipeg Jets in the late 1980′s and was the Dallas Stars? goalie coach when they won their Stanley Cup.

St. Croix most recently served as the goalie coach for the Manitoba Moose. Gary Lawless points out that he worked with Cory Schneider, Eddie Lack and Eddie Pasquale at the AHL level, achieving significant success.

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/18/leafs-hire-new-goalie-coach-rick-st-croix/

who?

Wicka Wicka...Slim Shady.

OOOOH ok

Are you sure its not.. jiva jiva dj hype?

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Yay somebody new to blame!

 

[rdowdall]

Yay somebody new to blame!

St. Croix's  style isn't rigid enough.  We need a goalie coach who will teach a fundamental blocking style.  After all the point of being a goalie is to stop the puck

 

[Joe S.]

Before Allaire no one ever mentioned the goalie coach. Not on this site, not in print. I would wager that without looking it up people here would be hard pressed to name 2 former leafs goalie coaches.

 

[caver]

That is a tough question. I think Rick Wamsley was goalie coach for a bit.

 

[Jacques Strap]

Before Allaire no one ever mentioned the goalie coach. Not on this site, not in print. I would wager that without looking it up people here would be hard pressed to name 2 former leafs goalie coaches.

I think a lot of goalie coaches were freelancers, working with different goalies on several teams. Belfour used to work out with Tretiak, even when Tretiak was still a "consultant" for the Blackhawks.

 

[Redleaf]

That is a tough question. I think Rick Wamsley was goalie coach for a bit.

Yes he was. Now goalie coach for the Sens. Just taped his daughters wedding this summer.

 

[bustaheims]

That is a tough question. I think Rick Wamsley was goalie coach for a bit.

Yes he was. Now goalie coach for the Sens. Just taped his daughters wedding this summer.

His "official" title was goalie consultant, whatever that means.

 

[ZBBM]

Before Allaire no one ever mentioned the goalie coach. Not on this site, not in print. I would wager that without looking it up people here would be hard pressed to name 2 former leafs goalie coaches.

Well, that's a slight exaggeration I think.  The coach before Allaire was Steve McKichan (sp?) -- if memory serves.  I remember people talking about him -- admittedly rarely.

Anyway, Allaire was supposed to be the goalie coach of all goalie coaches, and he didn't transform anybody on the Leafs (for the better).  I expect St. Croix will have at best an impact at the margins, which is probably all anyone can expect.

 

[Kin]

Before Allaire no one ever mentioned the goalie coach. Not on this site, not in print. I would wager that without looking it up people here would be hard pressed to name 2 former leafs goalie coaches.

That's probably true, I certainly can't for instance, but I wonder if the point there isn't that it's gaining more and more prominence for a reason.

 

[Corn Flake]

Before Allaire no one ever mentioned the goalie coach. Not on this site, not in print. I would wager that without looking it up people here would be hard pressed to name 2 former leafs goalie coaches.

Well, that's a slight exaggeration I think.  The coach before Allaire was Steve McKichan (sp?) -- if memory serves.  I remember people talking about him -- admittedly rarely.

Corey Hirsch was here as well before Allaire, was unloaded at some point and went to St. Louis where he seemed to do a decent job with Halak and Elliot, unless that was all Hitch magic.

 

[Corn Flake]

If St. Croix has been working with Reimer in Winnipeg as Traikos suggests, then it could mean the Leafs are probably even more all in on James than I had imagined.

http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/09/18/brian-burke-says-ex-leafs-goalie-coach-francois-allaire-was-unwilling-to-evolve/

 

[maplesyrup]

I'm envious. Get a new (presumably higher paid) gig and not technically be allowed to do anything. Seems something only George Costanza might fall in to.