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The Montreal Canadiens announced the appointment of Daniel Jacob as the head coach of the AHL’s Laval Rocket.
This is the first head coaching position for 45-year-old Jacob, who has been an assistant coach with Laval (2018-21, 2024-26), Syracuse (2023-24) and San Diego (2021-22) in the American Hockey League and Blainville-Boisbriand in the QMJ1 University of the QMJHL1 (2010-14).
A native of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., Jacob played five seasons at McGill before playing five seasons professionally, mostly in Serbia.
