{"id":484734,"date":"2026-02-19T06:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/484734\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T06:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:59:11","slug":"paul-coffey-to-return-to-edmonton-oilers-coaching-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/484734\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Coffey to return to Edmonton Oilers\u2019 coaching staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/edmonton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edmonton<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul Coffey returns to the coaching staff after a previous two-year stint leading the club&#8217;s defensive corps.<\/p>\n<p>Oilers are currently 4 points behind Vegas in NHL&#8217;s Pacific Division<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press  \u00b7 Posted: Feb 19, 2026 12:11 AM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Two men sit in front of a microphone at a news conference.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771484350_729_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>The Edmonton Oilers issued a news release on Wednesday announcing Paul Coffey&#8217;s return to the coaching staff. (Jason Franson\/The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n<p>Paul Coffey is back behind the Edmonton Oilers bench.<\/p>\n<p>The hockey club issued a news release on Wednesday announcing the 64-year-old\u2019s return to the coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>The former Oilers defenceman and Hall of Famer returns to the coaching staff after a previous two-year stint leading the club&#8217;s defensive corps.<\/p>\n<p>He had returned to his role as a special adviser to ownership and hockey operations in July.<\/p>\n<p>From the time of his first hire back on Nov. 13, 2023, through the end of the 2024-25 season, the Oilers allowed 2.78 goals per game, which was the fifth-best mark in the league over that span.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton is currently 25th in the NHL with 3.29 goals against per game.<\/p>\n<p>The Oilers are currently second in the Pacific Division, four points behind Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH | Edmonton Oilers continue to be a highly profitable NHL club:<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771484351_559_default.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"thumbnail\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"video-item-title\">Forbes lists the Edmonton Oilers as the 2026 most profitable team in the NHL<\/p>\n<p>The Edmonton Oilers have made it into Forbes&#8217; top 20 most profitable sports teams in 2026, ranking third in the world. As CBC&#8217;s Nicole Healey explains, it&#8217;s exciting news for the city. However, one economist believes the Oilers don&#8217;t actually belong in the top three.<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton Paul Coffey returns to the coaching staff after a previous two-year stint leading the club&#8217;s defensive corps.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-484734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}