New Jersey Devils President and General Manager Tom Fitzgerald announced today that Jeremy Colliton will join Sheldon Keefe’s coaching staff as an assistant coach.
Colliton’s addition will round out Keefe’s coaching staff which also includes Ryan McGill, Chris Taylor, Sergei Brylin, and Goaltending Coach Dave Rogalski.
Colliton most recently served as the assistant coach of the Vancouver Canucks’ American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate the Abbotsford Cancks over the past two seasons. He posted identical records of 40-25-7 and led them to the Calder Cup Playoffs in each season.
Colliton also brings NHL experience to the Devils staff, he spent five years in the Chicago Blackhawks organization breaking into the ranks as head coach of the Rockford IceHogs in 2017. Two years later, he was promoted to the Blackhawks taking over for Joel Quenneville as the youngest head coach in the NHL; Quenneville was dismissed on Nov. 6, 2018. He put together an 87-92-26 record.
The Blackie, Alberta native also was head coach of Team Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, before taking over the head coaching duties when Claude Julien was unable to serve in the capacity due to an injury.
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