{"id":370477,"date":"2026-06-22T18:56:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T18:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/370477\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T18:56:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T18:56:58","slug":"fresno-falcons-president-introduces-new-coach-vision-for-hockey-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/370477\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Falcons president introduces new coach, vision for hockey team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 With Fresno Falcons hockey renesting in Selland Arena for their first season in the Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL), the team made a major decision official on June 18.<\/p>\n<p>Team President Jimmy Fries introduced former Winnipeg Jets hockey player Iain Duncan as head coach, then talked to FOX26 about what he wants Falcons&#8217; games to look like off the ice.<\/p>\n<p><p>Iain Duncan brings NHL All-Rookie credentials to the bench in his return to the FPHL as Fresno Falcons head coach.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s all about the show. It&#8217;s more than a game; it&#8217;s an experience,&#8221; said Fries.  &#8220;Think Las Vegas Golden Knights in the arena. So the ice show, the Flock dance team, the promotions, and the giveaways.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fries also explained a deep connection between Fresno and hockey that naturally pulled the Falcons back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 With Fresno Falcons hockey renesting in Selland Arena for their first season in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-370477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}