Ryan Mougenel He was hired as an assistant coach for the Vancouver Canucks.
Mougenel, who was voted the winner of the Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award as the AHL’s top coach in 2025-26, spent the past eight seasons with the Providence Bruins – including five as head coach. He guided the Bruins to the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy with a 54-16-2-0 record (110 points) this past season, good for the fourth-highest field goal percentage in AHL history (.764).
Mougenel, 50, was promoted to head coach at Providence on Aug. 13, 2021, and compiled a record of 217-103-26-14 (.658) – the best mark in the AHL over the past five years. He coached all 13 seasons in the AHL, serving as an assistant at Hershey (2013-14), Worcester (2014-15), San Jose (2015-18) and Providence (2018-21).
Mougenel joins Vancouver’s new coaching staff Manny Malhotra and other assistants Jordan Smith again Jason Krogand assistant video coach Andrew Shaw.
Smith spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach under Malhotra with the Abbotsford Canucks, helping the team capture the Calder Cup in 2024.25. He joined Abbotsford after spending the past two seasons with the Springfield Thunderbirds.
Krog has served as a skills coach and skating coach with Vancouver and Abbotsford each of the past two seasons.
Shaw spent the past two seasons with Abbotsford as the team’s video coach.
