Canada names Dominique Ducharme 2017 World Junior coach
Dominique Ducharme will be the head coach of Team Canada's World Junior team for the 2017 tournament in Montreal and Toronto, Hockey Canada announced Monday.
Ducharme was an assistant coach for Canada's sixth-place finish in 2016, and recently took over as general manager and head coach of the Drummondville Voltigeurs of the QMJHL.
He previously spent five years as head coach of the Halifax Mooseheads, winning the Memorial Cup and coach of the year in 2013.
Ducharme is joined by assistants Tim Hunter, Kris Knoblauch, and Misha Donskov.
"Dom, Tim, and Kris bring a great cross-section of experience to this team, and an understanding of what it takes to be successful at tournaments where you don’t have the luxury of time on your side. Their individual records speak for themselves, but we’re most excited about the prospect of what these three great hockey minds can produce working as a coaching unit," said Scott Salmond, vice-president of hockey operations and national teams.
Canada will look to bounce back from a disappointing showing in Finland, this time on home soil, where they won gold in 2015.