Post Gazette · Oct 28, 2015
Penguins notebook: Sergei Gonchar joins coaching staff
Sergei Gonchar looks to the bench in the third period against the Hurricanes at the Consol Energy Center.Beloved former Penguins defenseman Sergei Gonchar has joined the team’s coaching staff as a defensive development coach, and European tournament scout.
Gonchar, 41, spent five years with the club and won a Stanley Cup championship with them 2009. He was invited to this year’s training camp on a professional tryout, but was not offered a contract to play.
The club wanted him to stay with the organization and offered him an off-ice position.