Report: Flames to name Gulutzan head coach

The Calgary Flames will name Glen Gulutzan head coach Friday, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reports.

The Flames have called a news conference at which it's expected Gulutzan will be introduced.

The Vancouver Canucks assistant coach was reportedly the favorite to land the Flames' job. He was hired as a Canucks assistant in the summer of 2013 after being dismissed as head coach of the Dallas Stars.

Gulutzan went 64-57-9 in two seasons with Dallas, failing to qualify for the playoffs in both campaigns.

The Flames fired former head coach Bob Hartley in May, one season after he received the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top head coach.

Hartley spent four years behind Calgary's bench and was inherited by Flames general manager Brad Treliving, who was hired in the spring of 2014.