SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Tampa Bay Lightning have hired Jeff Halpern to serve as a Syracuse Crunch assistant coach, general manager Julien BriseBois announced today.
“We are extremely pleased to be adding Jeff to our group on a full-time basis,” said BriseBois. “Jeff brings a wealth of experience having played in over 1,000 National Hockey League regular season and playoff games. He is bright and has great insights into the game of hockey. Our players and our team will benefit from his daily presence. With Ben Groulx, Trent Cull, Dave Alexander and Jeff coaching our players on a full-time basis, we feel like we have a fantastic coaching staff.