Another New Coach

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The Halifax Mooseheads announced the appointment of their new head coach this morning. Eric Veilleux has been named the Herd's 11th bench boss in franchise history.

Veilleux has experience coaching in the QMJHL as he was the head coach of the Shawinigan Cataractes for 5 and a half years between 2006 and 2012. The 46 year old finished his career with the Cats by leading them to a home ice Memorial Cup championship in 2012. He then moved on to coach the Baie-Comeau Drakkar, who played in the President's Cup finals both years he was there in 2012-13 and 2013-14. For the past two seasons, Eric has coached the AHL's San Antonio Rampage.

"I am very grateful for this opportunity. Knowing the high standards the Mooseheads have always had and just to get the call from them expressing their interest was an honour for me," Veilleux said in a press release.

Halifax announced last week that coach Jim Midgley was fired after finishing the season with a 43-18-6-1 record and a 4th place finish but with the Mooseheads hosting the Memorial Cup in 2019, the stakes are very high and clearly the team brass felt Midgley wouldn't be able to do the job. Hiring a coach with 347 wins in 9 Q seasons and has AHL experience as well should be a big benefit to the Herd.

"We're excited to have a coach of Eric's quality and background behind our bench next season. We feel this experience and past success is paramount for our team success moving forward," GM Cam Russell stated.

Welcome to the team Coach Veilleux!