Kamloops This Week
Mark Recchi is joining the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Kamloops Blazers part-owner was named Penguins player development coach on Friday, July 18 and will now be “in charge of helping top develop prospects throughout the Penguins organization,” according to NHL.com.
Recchi spent the last two seasons working with the Dallas Stars hockey operations department and has worked with the Penguins Elite youth hockey program.
He played 22 seasons in the NHL with Philadelphia, Montreal, Carolina, Atlanta, Tampa Bay and Boston and did three stints in Pittsburgh. He spent his last two junior seasons playing for the Kamloops Blazers.
