West Valley Metropolis, Utah – John Becanic has been named as the brand new head coach of the Utah Grizzlies. Becanic is the ninth head coach in staff historical past.
Becanic led the 2003 Pittsburgh Power to a USA Hockey Junior A Nationwide Championship.
Becanic spent 4 years because the affiliate head coach with the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League, serving underneath former Nationwide Hockey Leagye head coach, Kevin Constantine. Of their first yr as an growth franchise, the Silvertips grew to become the primary and solely Canadian Hockey League staff to make it to the league finals of their first season. Promoted to move coach of the Silvertips in 2006, he gained 66 video games in two seasons.
Becanic had extra stops within the WHL as an affiliate head coach in Seattle and Vancouver serving underneath former NHL and Grizzlies coach Don Hay.
After stepping away from a 30-year teaching profession, Becanic based Pyramid Hockey 2016. With a ardour for serving to gamers and mentoring coaches, Pyramid’s major focus was participant/coach improvement by way of Hockey IQ.
In 2019, he based and served because the CEO of The Prospect Trade, a video and analytics platform. After buying ICEBERG Sports activities Analytics and rising TPE, Becanic bought and stepped away from the corporate in order that he may get again to working with gamers on the IQ facet. In 2023 he partnered with Minnesota Development Program, and designed and applied a web based digital IQ program for youth hockey in Minnesota.
In January 2024, Becanic returned to the bench to function head coach for the Nationwide Collegiate Improvement Convention’s Idaho Falls Spud Kings, who gained the 2024-25 Dineen Cup Championship of their second yr of existence.
