The Philadelphia Flyers have named John Snowden head coach of their AHL affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
Moreover, Nick Schultz and Terrence Wallin have been employed as assistant coaches.
Snowden, 43, had been an assistant with the Phantoms for 2 seasons. He beforehand served as an assistant coach with the AHL’s Toronto Marlies from 2021 to 2023, and was an assistant and later head coach of the ECHL’s Newfoundland Growlers from 2018 to 2021, successful a Kelly Cup championship as head coach in 2018-19. He was additionally an assistant with ECHL Orlando from 2015-18.
Snowden performed 11 seasons professionally, principally within the ECHL and Central Hockey League. He appeared in three video games within the AHL, one with Utah in 2004-05 and two with Norfolk in 2005-06.
Schultz strikes behind the Lehigh Valley bench after six seasons as a participant improvement coach with the Flyers. Schultz performed 1,069 video games within the NHL with Minnesota, Edmonton, Columbus and Philadelphia, in addition to 14 video games with the AHL’s Houston Aeros in the course of the 2002 Calder Cup Playoffs.
Wallin involves the Phantoms from the Flyers’ ECHL affiliate in Maine, the place he was head coach and basic supervisor. Wallin performed 5 professional seasons (2015-20), together with 27 AHL video games with the Binghamton Devils and Hartford Wolf Pack.
