Late in the third period, trailing by two goals to the division-rival Syracuse Crunch and it's assistant coach Rich Clune, in his first game behind the bench, drawing up the play during a timeout before the Marlies head out for a 6-on-4 power play.
Rich Clune will step behind the Toronto Marlies' bench for the rest of the season. The Marlies announced on Tuesday that Clune, a former captain of the team, would be named an assistant coach for the remainder of the 2023-24 season.
It wasn't just Mitch Marner in the Maple Leafs organization who tied the knot on Saturday. Former Marlies captain, and now development coach with Toronto, Rich Clune, got married to his fiancée, Isabel Lahela, in Toronto over the weekend. When I last spoke with Clune, earlier this summer, he said he was excited to tie the knot.
A pregame celebration of the recently-retired Rich Clune took place prior to this matchup against Cleveland on Saturday. Clune spent seven seasons with the Toronto Marlies, two of those as the team’s captain.
Two years ago, when the Toronto Marlies re-signed forward Rich Clune, ESPN’s Kristen Shilton noted that Clune was a respected voice in the dressing room that almost any Maple Leafs’ player who had been part of the Marlies had a story or two about Clune’s positive impact on them as a player or a person.
The thought of ending his professional hockey playing career entered Rich Clune's mind hours after his Toronto Marlies concluded their regular season just a couple of months ago.
Toronto Marlies captain Rich Clune is retiring from hockey and will immediately join the Toronto Maple Leafs development staff, the club announced on Thursday.
When Rich Clune stepped off the ice on Saturday afternoon in Belleville, there was a feeling that this could be his last game in a Toronto Marlies jersey.
“Our penalty kill was probably the difference between us being down a few goals early. I don’t think the score was indicative of the game. I thought Laval
While the Maple Leafs were celebrating Erik Källgren’s first NHL start and shutout, the Marlies were cheering him on from afar. After Wednesday’s practice at Coca-Cola Coliseum, a number of players including Rich Clune and Curtis Douglas, as well as Marlies head coach Greg Moore expressed their joy for Källgren.
In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs’ News’ & Rumors, I’ll share the news that a longtime organizational player has re-signed with the team. That’s Rich Clune.
They’re slowly building their minor league teams while we all wait for the expansion draft. It wouldn’t seem right to have the Marlies without Rich Clune.
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