The Anaheim Ducks named him Greg Cronin head coach, the eleventh in franchise history.
Cronin, 60, is starting his first stint as an ice hockey head coach after spending the past five years as the head coach of the Colorado Eagles of the National Hockey League. Cronin led the Eagles to a record of 164-104-21-9 (. 601) and three Calder Cup playoff appearances.
Including two seasons with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (2003-05), Cronin has a career record of 242-165-12-29-10 (WLT-OTL-SOL) during his seven years as head coach in the AHL.
At Colorado, Cronin oversaw the development of several players who graduated in the NHL, including Logan O’ConnorAnd Pavel FrenchAnd Alex NewhawkAnd Tyson GhostAnd Ryan GravesAnd Sheldon DriesAnd Ag JarirAnd Justin BarronAnd Connor Timmins And Jacob McDonald.
Prior to joining the Avalanche, Cronin served as an assistant coach with the New York Islanders (1999-2003, 2014-18) and the Toronto Maple Leafs (2011-14). He also spent six seasons as the head coach of Northeastern University’s men’s hockey program, earned Hockey East Coach of the Year honors in 2009, was an assistant and later head coach at the University of Maine (1988-90, 1993-1997), and a college assistant. Colorado (1990-1993).
A co-founder of USA Hockey’s National Development Program, Cronin spent the 1997-1998 season as the head coach of the U-18 team. He has also served as an assistant coach for Team USA at three IIHF World Championships and two IIHF World Junior Championships.