The Canadian announced that the team’s head coach, Martin St-Louis, must be absent from the team “for family reasons.” One of his deputies, Trevor Letowski, will take over.
The duration of his absence is undetermined, according to the press release.
PHOTO GRAHAM HUGHES, CANADIAN PRESS ARCHIVES
Canadian assistant coach Trevor Letowski
The team arrived in Calgary on Friday afternoon. She was supposed to train there when she arrived, according to the schedule communicated Thursday evening, but the session was suddenly canceled Friday morning. It is unclear if this decision was related to the head coach situation.
No practice was scheduled Saturday morning, but St. Louis and some players were scheduled to meet the media at the team hotel. It was ultimately the deputy Stéphane Robidas who met the media instead of St-Louis, without knowing why.
The Canadian faces the Flames in Calgary on Saturday evening in the first game of a five-game series in the West of the continent. The players observed their traditional pre-match routine, an hour before the match. There were a dozen of them playing with a soccer ball in the bowels of the Saddledome, with the usual howls of joy during this exercise. Cayden Primeau, the starting goalkeeper of the CH, was doing his usual juggling exercises with balls in a corridor.
St. Louis was officially hired on February 9, initially on an interim basis to finish the season. 1er June 2022, he signed a three-season contract, of which he is currently in the second year. On March 8, during his press briefing on the sidelines of the trade deadline, the team’s general manager, Kent Hughes, was asked about a possible contract extension for St-Louis.
“We are very happy with his work and we have a very good relationship,” replied Hughes. I’m not worried that we’ll work it out, but it’s not a decision we made. I don’t think Martin is worried either. »