Scott Gomez’s two-season tenure as an Islanders’ assistant coach has ended.
The team confirmed on Tuesday Gomez will not return to the organization on coach Barry Trotz’s staff in 2019-20, though the Islanders also emphasized Gomez was not fired.
However, Gomez’s spot on the staff became tenuous when Jim Hiller was hired away from the Maple Leafs on June 19 as an assistant.
Hiller ran the Maple Leafs’ power play under Mike Babcock and it is presumed he will also do so with the Islanders. That was Gomez’s responsibility under Trotz last season and also on Doug Weight’s staff in 2018-19.