Pikkuleijonista ja Liigasta tuttu valmentaja löysi työpaikan NHL:stä

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Toronto Maple Leafs on palkannut uuden suomalaisen kykyjenetsijän. Paikan sai kyseisessä roolissa vielä kokematon Mikael Kotkaniemi.

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Pikkuleijonat puolivälieriin viime keväänä luotsannut Kotkaniemi on nähty myös parin piipahduksen verran Ässien päävalmentajana. Samassa roolissa 56-vuotias koutsi on toiminut myös HCK:n Mestis- ja Lukon U20-joukkueissa.

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Apuvalmentajana Kotkaniemi on toiminut sekä Ässien Liiga- että U20-joukkueessa.

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Kotkaniemi korvaa Maple Leafsissa Tony Salmelaisen. Entinen NHL-pelaaja on hoitanut pestiä kolme kautta. Uutta työpaikkaa ei vielä ole julkistettu.

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Mikael Kotkaniemi Tony Salmelainen Toronto Maple Leafs

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XXIIHFXX ALLEN, TEXAS - APRIL 26: Finland's Head Coach Mikael Kotkaniemi speaks during a game against Latvia Preliminary Round - Group A action at 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship at Credit Union of Texas Event Center on April 26, 2025 in Allen, Texas, USA. (Photo by Tim Austen/IIHF)

Fabrizio Romano: Siirtohuhut kiihtyvät Rasmus Højlundin kohdalla – tässä uusi osoite?

XXIIHFXX ALLEN, TEXAS - APRIL 26: Finland's Head Coach Mikael Kotkaniemi speaks during a game against Latvia Preliminary Round - Group A action at 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship at Credit Union of Texas Event Center on April 26, 2025 in Allen, Texas, USA. (Photo by Tim Austen/IIHF)

Derby lauantaina: tässä päälähdön esittely hevonen hevoselta

XXIIHFXX ALLEN, TEXAS - APRIL 26: Finland's Head Coach Mikael Kotkaniemi speaks during a game against Latvia Preliminary Round - Group A action at 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship at Credit Union of Texas Event Center on April 26, 2025 in Allen, Texas, USA. (Photo by Tim Austen/IIHF)

Murskalukemat! Lukko tarjosi Ässille kunnon selkäsaunan – “Vahvaa tekemistä”

XXIIHFXX ALLEN, TEXAS - APRIL 26: Finland's Head Coach Mikael Kotkaniemi speaks during a game against Latvia Preliminary Round - Group A action at 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship at Credit Union of Texas Event Center on April 26, 2025 in Allen, Texas, USA. (Photo by Tim Austen/IIHF)

KuPS sai tylyn oppitunnin eurokentillä – näin päävalmentaja Jarkko Wiss kommentoi tappiota

XXIIHFXX ALLEN, TEXAS - APRIL 26: Finland's Head Coach Mikael Kotkaniemi speaks during a game against Latvia Preliminary Round - Group A action at 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship at Credit Union of Texas Event Center on April 26, 2025 in Allen, Texas, USA. (Photo by Tim Austen/IIHF)

46 miljoonaa dollaria! NHL:ssä leivottiin valtava sopimus

XXIIHFXX ALLEN, TEXAS - APRIL 26: Finland's Head Coach Mikael Kotkaniemi speaks during a game against Latvia Preliminary Round - Group A action at 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship at Credit Union of Texas Event Center on April 26, 2025 in Allen, Texas, USA. (Photo by Tim Austen/IIHF)

Veikkausliigaa johtava FC Inter pudotti jättimäisen sopimusuutisen

XXIIHFXX ALLEN, TEXAS - APRIL 26: Finland's Head Coach Mikael Kotkaniemi speaks during a game against Latvia Preliminary Round - Group A action at 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship at Credit Union of Texas Event Center on April 26, 2025 in Allen, Texas, USA. (Photo by Tim Austen/IIHF)

Huuhkajat-maalivahti siirtyy Joel Pohjanpalon seurakaveriksi

XXIIHFXX ALLEN, TEXAS - APRIL 26: Finland's Head Coach Mikael Kotkaniemi speaks during a game against Latvia Preliminary Round - Group A action at 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship at Credit Union of Texas Event Center on April 26, 2025 in Allen, Texas, USA. (Photo by Tim Austen/IIHF)

FC Barcelona julkisti ison sopimusuutisen

XXIIHFXX ALLEN, TEXAS - APRIL 26: Finland's Head Coach Mikael Kotkaniemi speaks during a game against Latvia Preliminary Round - Group A action at 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship at Credit Union of Texas Event Center on April 26, 2025 in Allen, Texas, USA. (Photo by Tim Austen/IIHF)

Manchester United esti tarjoukset Harry Maguiresta – maailman kallein puolustaja puhui tilanteestaan

XXIIHFXX ALLEN, TEXAS - APRIL 26: Finland's Head Coach Mikael Kotkaniemi speaks during a game against Latvia Preliminary Round - Group A action at 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship at Credit Union of Texas Event Center on April 26, 2025 in Allen, Texas, USA. (Photo by Tim Austen/IIHF)

Liverpoolille suuri takaisku – kesän miljoonahankinta sivuun

XXIIHFXX ALLEN, TEXAS - APRIL 26: Finland's Head Coach Mikael Kotkaniemi speaks during a game against Latvia Preliminary Round - Group A action at 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship at Credit Union of Texas Event Center on April 26, 2025 in Allen, Texas, USA. (Photo by Tim Austen/IIHF)

Manchester Cityn huippulupaus lainalle Bayer Leverkuseniin

XXIIHFXX ALLEN, TEXAS - APRIL 26: Finland's Head Coach Mikael Kotkaniemi speaks during a game against Latvia Preliminary Round - Group A action at 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship at Credit Union of Texas Event Center on April 26, 2025 in Allen, Texas, USA. (Photo by Tim Austen/IIHF)

Lähde: Rodrygo lähtökuopissa Real Madridista – huhut vievät Valioliigaan

XXIIHFXX ALLEN, TEXAS - APRIL 26: Finland's Head Coach Mikael Kotkaniemi speaks during a game against Latvia Preliminary Round - Group A action at 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship at Credit Union of Texas Event Center on April 26, 2025 in Allen, Texas, USA. (Photo by Tim Austen/IIHF)

Oliver Antmanin Mestarien liiga -kausi jäämässä haaveeksi – Rangers vaikeuksissa karsinnoissa

XXIIHFXX ALLEN, TEXAS - APRIL 26: Finland's Head Coach Mikael Kotkaniemi speaks during a game against Latvia Preliminary Round - Group A action at 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship at Credit Union of Texas Event Center on April 26, 2025 in Allen, Texas, USA. (Photo by Tim Austen/IIHF)

Lähde: Manchester Unitedin hylkäämä Victor Lindelöf sai pakit toisissakin sopimusneuvotteluissa 

-LUOKAN ASIAA

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