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The Coach’s Challenge: Cam Abbott has made a quick jump up the coaching ladder

When Rögle changed their coach in the middle of last season, the team decided to change the whole front office structure. Former SHL stars and Canadian twins Cam and Chris Abbott were brought in as head coach and GM respectively. They changed a club that fought to avoid relegation to a team that looks to challenge for the title in the future.

When Cam Abbott took over the team, Rögle was at the bottom of the table with 11 points in 18 games, and looked certain to go to the relegation series. But coach Abbott managed to avoid the relegation series with 10 points to spare and had a almost a 1.