Sorry, couldn’t let your comment ‘widely known as a laughing stock within our league’ go without an answer. I was never a fan of his but there is no getting away from the fact he was hugely successful in our league structure.
Paul Thompson, a British ice hockey
head coach and
general manager. He was head coach of the
Great Britain men's national ice hockey team from 2006 to 2011.
[1] He is the winningest coach in the
Elite Ice Hockey League, and has received nine Coach of the Year trophies in his career.
[2] His teams have won three
Challenge Cups, two British Knockout Cups, and he is the first coach to win five Elite League titles.
[3] In the 2004–2005 season, Thompson completed the British Hockey Grand Slam; winning the Challenge Cup, the EIHL title, and the EIHL playoff championship.
[4] He served as the general manager and head coach of the
Sheffield Steelers from 2015 to 2018, and previously coached 19 seasons with the
Coventry Blaze organisation, and is known by the nickname "
Thommo".
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Can’t deny he has had a very good coaching career, however, I hope he never coaches the Devils.