The Fresno Falcons introduced Iain Duncan as their head coach as the hockey team prepares to relaunch after nearly two decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The team introduced Duncan last week at Selland Arena.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Driving the news: Duncan, a Canadian, was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in 1987 and earned a spot on the NHL All-Rookie Team in 1988 by scoring 19 goals and recording 23 assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He stayed with the Jets through 1991 but never appeared in the NHL again, instead playing on various minor league teams until he retired in 1998.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After his playing career, Duncan moved into coaching, including a stint with the Mentor Ice Breakers in the Federal Hockey League from 2018 to 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What they\u2019re saying: \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to growing the hockey community, making it a little stronger and a little bigger here in Fresno.\u201d Duncan said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said fans should expect hard work to go along with physical and gritty play.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Duncan told McClatchy that the upper management of the Falcons takes care of its players, which was one of the main draws for him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What we\u2019re watching: Professional hockey is returning to Selland Arena for the 2026-2027 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Falcons folded in 2008 due to financial issues, leaving Fresno without its minor league hockey team.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But the Franchise announced in May that it is relaunching as part of the Federal Prospects Hockey League, an independent professional minor league.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Falcons will open their 28-game schedule in October and has a five-year deal with the league.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fresno Falcons introduced Iain Duncan as their head coach as the hockey team prepares to relaunch after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-370924","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\/370924","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=370924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}