Head Coach
Edwards enters his first season as the Pirates head coach and his third season behind the bench in the AHL … he spent the previous two seasons with the San Antonio Rampage recording a 70-56-7-9 record … under Edwards’ leadership San Antonio finished the 2009-10 campaign tied with the Hershey Bears for the best power-play percentage in the AHL at 20.7% and led the AHL in home power-play percentage at 25.6%, both of which were franchise records … he joined San Antonio as assistant coach on Aug. 21, 2007 and helped coach the team to their most successful season in franchise history with 42 wins and 94 points during the 2007-08 campaign … prior to joining the Rampage, he coached in the Central Hockey League (CHL) and East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) for seven seasons and guided the CHL’s New Mexico Scorpions to the Conference Finals in 2006-07… Prior to working in New Mexico, he led the San Angelo Saints to the CHL President’s Cup Playoffs in each of his two seasons with the team … named the CHL’s Coach of the Year in his first season with San Angelo after guiding the Saints to a 35-point turnaround and a Southwest Division title … a native of Wasaga Beach, Ontario, he began his coaching career at the age of 28 as one of the youngest coaches in professional hockey when he took the reins of the ECHL’s Huntington (W.Va.) Blizzard in 1998 … the following season, he led the Blizzard to their most successful season ever with a 35-25-10 record … as a player, he recorded 174 points (83 goals, 91 assists) and 1,253 penalty minutes in 309 games over seven seasons in the ECHL … he attended National Hockey League training camps with Los Angeles, Chicago and Ottawa … he and his wife, Leesa, have a son, Holden, and daughter, Raechel.
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