Mike Johnston
Mike Johnston
Mike Johnstonis the head coach and general manager of the Portland Winterhawks hockey team of the Western Hockey League. He previously coached the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL from 2014-15. He was relieved of his duties on December 12, 2015. He was replaced by Wilkes-Barre/Scranton PenguinsHead Coach Mike Sullivan. Johnston performed duties as the coach and general manager of the Winterhawks previously from 2008 to 2014, before taking over as coach of the Penguins for the 2014-15 NHL season. Before...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth19 February 1957
CityDartmouth, Canada
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I'm excited. We've got some key positions we really need to replace. I think we've got a good nucleus of kids coming back and the question every year is it's going to come down to line play.
The good Lord was looking after us, ... We came within the skin of our teeth of not getting out, we had no way of getting out. We were very fortunate to get out at the last minute as we did.
They're dedicated to making this work, and they're sacrificing their time and money.