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New York Rangers named Jay Leach Head coach of their American Hockey League affiliate, the Hartford Wolfpack.
Leach spent five seasons as an assistant coach in the NHL with the Boston Bruins (2004-26) and Seattle Kraken (2021-24) before joining the Rangers.
Leach, 46, was the Providence Bruins head coach for four seasons (2017-21), winning two conference championships. He also briefly served as the interim head coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in 2015-16 and has a career head coaching record of 139-77-16-11 (.628).
Leach also served as an assistant coach at Providence and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, helping the Bruins reach the conference finals in 2017 and as a coach in the AHL All-Star Classic in 2016 and 2018.
A former defenseman, Leach had a 12-year professional playing career that included 499 games in the AHL with the Springfield Falcons, Providence Bruins, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Norfolk Admirals, Portland Pirates, Lowell/Albany Devils and Worcester Sharks. Leach also played 70 games in the NHL with New Jersey, San Jose, Montreal, Tampa Bay and Boston.
