Ryan Clowe is fourth on the all time list of NHL players born in Newfoundland and Labrador by games played. He was born in Fermeuse, and according to a report in the local press there, one of the province’s most famous sons is coming home to take over the Newfoundland Growlers, the ECHL expansion franchise and affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Clowe, who was just inducted into the Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador Hall of Fame last weekend, joins the Growlers after a two-year stint as an assistant coach with the National Hockey League’s New Jersey Devils.