Portland Winterhawks coach Travis Green gestures during play against the Halifax Mooseheads during the third period of Memorial Cup action in Saskatoon, Sask., on Sunday, May 26, 2013.
Travis Green will be hired as the next head coach of the Vancouver Canucks, according to Sportsnet. He guided the Comets to a 120-78-20 record and an appearance in the Calder Cup Final two seasons ago.
Prior to coaching the Comets, Green was an assistant coach with the WHL's Portland Winterhawks and was promoted to head coach during the 2012-13 season, leading the club to the WHL championship.
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Vancouver is in a rebuilding phase. Right-winger Brock Boeser, a first-round pick by Vancouver in 2015, scored four times in nine games after leaving the University of North Dakota.
Also, whom will the Canucks look at in free agency? Green could have some extra talent to work with early, as the Canucks have the second best odds of winning the NHL Draft Lottery on Saturday. Henrik and Daniel Sedin were the only other players to surpass the 35-point mark with 50 and 44, respectively. In 970 games, he put up 455 points.
With the National Hockey League draft set for June 23-24, the Canucks will find out where they select on Saturday (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 8 p.m. ET).
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