Florida Panthers General Manager Bill Zito announced today the club has added Ulf Samuelsson to the club’s coaching staff as an assistant coach.
The 56-year-old Samuelsson joins the Panthers coaching staff with over 30 years of professional hockey experience as both a player and coach.
The native of Fagersta, Sweden, most recently served as Head Coach of Leksands IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) in 2019-20 and spent time as a scout with the incoming Seattle Kraken NHL franchise.
Over a 15-year coaching career, Samuelsson has served as an assistant coach in the National Hockey League for the Phoenix Coyotes (2006-07 to 2010-11), New York Rangers (2013-14 to 2015-16) and Chicago Blackhawks (2017-18 to 2018-19).