Hitchcock oilers salary. The dallas stars name hitchcock the coach of their. Add that to hitchcocks well known interest in having always wanted to coach the oilers and the fact edmonton is his hometown he loves the city and everything about it and suddenly the hire. Hitchcock an edmonton native was serving as a consultant for the stars before the oilers hired him. The 66 year old hitchcock who retired in april returned to coaching on tuesday with his hometown edmonton oilers.
Ken hitchcock is the perfect candidate for this particular hire by the. A timeline of the nhl coaching career of ken hitchcock who replaced todd mclellan with the edmonton oilers on tuesdayjan. Oilers hire ken hitchcock as coach after firing todd. Roster size salary cap cap hit overages bonuses cap space.
Ken hitchcock is a canadian professional ice hockey coach who currently guides the edmonton oilers. Ken hitchcock as the stars coach in february. The oilers had some success at the start of the season going 8 4 1 in their first 13 games. The oilers pulled out a 4 3 overtime win against the san jose sharks on tuesday and in one game we learned at least six things about coach ken hitchcock.