A major transaction occurred over the holiday weekend for the Colorado Eagles and that was a hire of their new head coach. To no one’s surprise, the Colorado Avalanche organization looked to their friends over at the Columbus Blue Jackets and nabbed their AHL assistant coach Mark Letestu for the promotion to bench boss in Loveland.
Letestu was a center who enjoyed an 11-year NHL career in which he amassed 567 games played at the highest level with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Columbus Blue Jackets, Edmonton Oilers and Winnipeg Jets. Though he began his pro career in the Penguins organization, Letestu put down roots with Columbus and served as an assistant coach for the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters for the last four seasons.