By Canadian Press

Geoff Ward, Ryan Huska named assistant coaches to Bill Peters in Calgary

May 31, 2018 | 2:45 PM

CALGARY — Geoff Ward and Ryan Huska were named assistants to new Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters on Thursday.

Ward, from Waterloo, Ont., and Huska, from Cranbrook, B.C., join assistant coach Martin Gelinas, goaltending coach Jordan Sigalet and video coach Jamie Pringle on Peters’ staff.

Peters was introduced as Calgary’s new head coach in April. He replaced Glen Gulutzan, who was fired and has since joined the Edmonton Oilers as an assistant coach.

Huska was the head coach of Calgary’s American Hockey League affiliate for the last four and coached those teams to an overall 135-118-17-10 record.

Ward was an assistant coach with the New Jersey Devils the last three seasons.

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Huska, 42, was an assistant and then head coach of the Kelowna Rockets for 12 years before joining the Flames organization.

The former winger won three Memorial Cups with the Kamloops Blazers and played over 100 minor games in the AHL and IHL before retiring. Huska was a third-round draft pick of the Chicago Blackhawks.

Ward, 56, was named the AHL’s coach of the year in 2003 when he coached the Hamilton Bulldogs to the Calder Cup finals and a league-best 49-19-8-4.

He was coach of the Edmonton Roadrunners in 2005-05 and has also coached in Germany’s pro league three times.

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Geoff Ward, Ryan Huska named assistant coaches to Bill Peters in Calgary

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