As the National Hockey League’s annual spring game of coaching musical chairs ended Tuesday with the Detroit Red Wings hiring Jeff Blashill, Travis Green was still standing where he started. Right where he wants to be.
Green had the chance last June to join Mike Johnston’s NHL coaching staff in Pittsburgh but chose to stay with the Vancouver Canucks’ farm team in Utica, N.Y. Green said Tuesday he has never regretted that decision. Neither have the Canucks.
The Utica Comets open a homestand tonight against the Manchester Monarchs, trying to play their way back from an 0-2 deficit in the American Hockey League final.