{"id":709266,"date":"2026-06-02T04:24:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/709266\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T04:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:24:28","slug":"manny-malhotra-named-new-vancouver-canucks-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/709266\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Malhotra named new Vancouver Canucks head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">British Columbia<\/a>\u00b7New<\/p>\n<p>The move is the latest in an overhaul that has seen Vancouver replace general manager Patrik Allvin, president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford, and head coach Adam Foote since finishing the season last in the league with a 25-29-8 record.<\/p>\n<p>Former Canucks player won Calder Cup championship in 2024-25 with Abbotsford Canucks<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press  \u00b7 Posted: Jun 02, 2026 12:10 AM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes 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=\"A bald man stands behind a row of hockey players on a bench.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780374268_993_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Manny Malhotra is the new head coach of the Vancouver Canucks. (Darryl Dyck\/The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Vancouver\u00a0Canucks have named Manny Malhotra the 23rd head coach in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p>The NHL team made the announcement Monday night, with general manager Ryan Johnson saying in a statement that he knows firsthand what a good teacher, leader and quality person Malhotra is.<\/p>\n<p>The pair worked together with the American Hockey League&#8217;s Abbotsford Canucks and won a Calder Cup championship during the 2024-25 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The move is the latest in an overhaul that has seen\u00a0Vancouver\u00a0replace general manager Patrik Allvin, president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford, and head coach Adam Foote since finishing the season last in the league with a 25-29-8 record.<\/p>\n<p>Malhotra immediately emerged as the prime candidate to replace Foote when the former NHL defenceman was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/vancouver-canucks-fire-head-coach-adam-foote-9.7204722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dismissed on May 19<\/a> after just one season as the team&#8217;s head coach.<\/p>\n<p>The hiring reunites Malhotra with his former Canucks teammates Daniel and Henrik Sedin, who were named co-presidents of hockey operations last month.  <\/p>\n<p>WATCH | Sedins appointed to front office:<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780374268_756_default.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"thumbnail\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"video-item-title\">Vancouver Canucks name Sedin twins, Ryan Johnson to front office<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s been a major shakeup in the leadership of the Vancouver Canucks. As the CBC\u2019s Yasmine Ghania reports, the team has named two new co-presidents and a general manager.<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":"British Columbia\u00b7New The move is the latest in an overhaul that has seen Vancouver replace general manager Patrik&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-709266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709266","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=709266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}