The Washington Capitals filled their coaching roster Monday hiring Scott Arniel as an Assistant Head Coach. He joins Reid Cashman as Todd Reirden’s top lieutenants this season behind the bench.
Unlike Cashman and Reirden, Arniel has previous head coaching experience in the NHL. For a season and a half, he was the top dog with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Hired for the 2010-11 campaign, he failed to make the playoffs. Dismissed halfway through the next year, the Blue Jackets were 45-60-18 under him.
At 55, Arniel is a hockey lifer.