Maple Leafs adding Lane Lambert as associate coach

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Lambert was fired as the Islanders head coach this past season.

On Wednesday, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced they have hired Lane Lambert as associate coach.The team also revealed that Dean Chynoweth will not be back as an assistant coach. Lambert joins the recently hired Craig Berube on the Leafs staff.Lambert was coaching as recently this past season with the New York Islanders . He coached parts of two seasons on Long Island, leading the team to a 61-46-20 record, and a berth in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The former Canadian national team member has also been a head coach at lower levels, serving as the bench boss of the Western Hockey League’s Prince George Cougars and the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League. Lambert played professionally for 18 years, making stops in the NHL with the Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques. In 283 games, he scored 58 goals and 65 assists, including six points in 17 playoff games.

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