Mike Vellucci was named the new head coach of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Friday after Clark Donatelli stepped down due to personal reasons.
Vellucci is coming off a Calder Cup champion season with the AHL's Charlotte Checkers, a season that also saw him win the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award as the AHL's most outstanding coach after the Checkers put together a league-leading 51-17-7-1 record during the regular season.
Vellucci spent five years in the Hurricanes organization, and also served as the Hurricanes' assistant general manager and director of hockey operations. Prior to joining the Hurricanes organization, Vellucci was the head coach and general manager of the OHL's Plymouth Whalers for 13 seasons.