In accordance with a report from Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now a number of days in the past, the San Jose Sharks had been believed to be closing in on Ryan Warsofsky as their subsequent head coach. Nevertheless, Max Miller of The Hockey Information reviews, citing Peng, that Marco Sturm can also be regarded as deep within the interview course of, which has been delaying the eventual announcement of the brand new bench boss.
On the very least, regardless of quite a few candidates being rumored for the position, Sturm and Warsofsky are separating themselves from the pack. Jeff Blashill is the one different candidate confirmed to have gotten a second interview, however it’s believed that his probabilities of turning into the following head coach in San Jose have dropped considerably.
The hiring of Sturm would symbolize a homecoming of kinds, as he began his skilled profession as a participant with the Sharks group again in 1997-98 after being signed out of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Sturm spent practically eight years in San Jose earlier than he was traded to the Boston Bruins in trade for the eventual Hart Memorial Trophy winner of the 2005-06 season, Joe Thornton.
After his enjoying profession ended after the 2011-12 NHL season, Sturm bounced round as a head coach on the worldwide degree for Group Germany, teaching the nation’s World Junior Championship staff, World Championship staff and Deutschland Cup staff, amongst others. It wasn’t till the 2018-19 season that Sturm returned to the NHL as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Kings. Sturm would spend 4 years in that position earlier than lastly turning into the pinnacle coach of the group’s AHL affiliate, the Ontario Reign, a place which he nonetheless holds.
Sturm has coached the Reign to a 76-55-8-5 report during the last two years and has coached the staff so far as the second spherical of the Calder Cup playoffs. If the Sharks rent Sturm because the group’s subsequent head coach, it could be the best position Sturm has achieved on the skilled degree as a coach.
However, no determination has been made up so far, and Warsofsky nonetheless has a reputable probability of being the staff’s subsequent head coach. Having loads of expertise with the group, Warsofsky has spent the final two years as an assistant coach for the Sharks and virtually turned the pinnacle coach earlier than San Jose in the end selected David Quinn.
