Islanders add two-time Stanley Cup winner Tommy Albelin as assistant coach
NY Post
Lou Lamoriello went back to the well of former Devils staffers to fill out the Islanders’ coaching staff.
The Islanders named Tommy Albelin an assistant coach on Monday, bringing him back behind an NHL bench for the first time in a decade.
Albelin is expected to coach the defenseman after Doug Houda was let go.
It’s not clear whether Albelin or Benoit Desrosiers will run the penalty kill, which was also one of Houda’s responsibilities.
Albelin, who played for the Devils under Lamoriello in the ’90s and 2000s, winning two Stanley Cups, worked for the team from 2007-15 as well, with stints as an assistant for both the NHL club and the AHL Albany Devils.
He followed Lamoriello to Toronto as well, working for the Leafs as a pro scout for two seasons from 2016-18.
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