After two straight years coaching the OHL's top offence, Savard was hired by the Flames as an assistant coach.
CALGARY — You don’t coach the highest-scoring offence in the Ontario Hockey League for two consecutive seasons without having some special plays. Marc Savard had visualized hundreds of ideas and scrawled them into a 200-page copybook, each page with a design of a hockey rink. A power-play breakout where a skater starts behind the opposing net and races back into the neutral zone in time for the entry. Drop passes and intense pressure from speedy wingers. Outlet passes to wingers in stride.
Advertisement “It’s a little harder to defend when the guy’s coming into your lane and guys are switching, it confuses defencemen,” Johnston said. “I think that it can distract guys from what’s actually happening behind them and other guys are able to sneak into a spot.” Savard’s creativity has led to success at the junior level and he says he won’t have to compromise on that with the Flames as he has been given the “green light” to impart his offensive wisdom to the team.
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