Vancouver Canucks add three assistants to Adam Foote’s coaching staff

By Canadian Press on June 5, 2025.

VANCOUVER — Newly minted Vancouver Canucks head coach Adam Foote is rounding out his coaching staff with three new additions.

The team announced Thursday that former Chicago Blackhawks assistant coach Kevin Dean, former American Hockey League head coach Brett McLean and former director of player personnel Scott Young have all been named assistant coaches

The Canucks also said in a release that assistant coach Yogi Svejkovsky, defensive development coach Sergei Gonchar and video coach Dylan Crawford will not return next season.

The moves come after former head coach Rick Tocchet parted ways with Vancouver in April and the club promoted Foote following his two years as an assistant coach on Tocchet’s bench.

Tocchet was later named head coach of the Flyers and reports say Svejkovsky will join him in Philadelphia.

Dean, McLean and Young join a Canucks’ staff that includes player development coaches Daniel and Henrik Sedin, goaltending coach Marko Torenius, assistant video coach Ian Beckenstein, and skills and skating coach Jason Krog.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 5, 2025.

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