{"id":490915,"date":"2026-02-21T23:45:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/490915\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T23:45:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:45:43","slug":"release-coffey-to-rejoin-oilers-coaching-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/490915\/","title":{"rendered":"RELEASE: Coffey to rejoin Oilers coaching staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EDMONTON, AB \u2013 The Edmonton Oilers announced Wednesday that Paul Coffey will return to the team&#8217;s coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>The Hall of Fame defenceman will step back behind the bench after resuming his role as a Special Advisor to Ownership and Hockey Operations in July following a two-year stint leading the Oilers defence corps.<\/p>\n<p>From his original appointment on November 13, 2023 through the end of the 2024-25 regular season, the Oilers allowed 2.78 goals per game, which was the fifth-best mark in the NHL over that span.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have been in regular contact with Paul since last summer and I believe we will benefit both as a team and as a staff from his return at this time,&#8221; Head Coach Kris Knoblauch said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m excited to return and work alongside Kris and the entire staff,&#8221; Coffey said. &#8220;With 24 games left in the season, there is ample time to build on the many positives and build momentum for another long playoff run.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Coffey is expected back with the club this Friday as they continue their preparation to return to action next week in California following the Olympic break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EDMONTON, AB \u2013 The Edmonton Oilers announced Wednesday that Paul Coffey will return to the team&#8217;s coaching staff.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":{"0":"post-490915","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-edmonton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490915","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=490915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}