According to reports, the Belleville Senators have made a couple of moves to the coaching staff for the 2019-2020 season.
Both Colin Chaulk and David Bell will assist head coach Troy Mann.
Chaulk, 42, joins the Senators after spending the past four seasons as the VP of Hockey Operations and Head Coach of the Sens’ ECHL affiliate Brampton Beast, where he led the team to the Kelly Cup Playoffs on two occasions. He has also previously spent two years as an assistant coach with the Kalamazoo Wings.
Bell, also 42, joins the club from the AHL’s Ontario Reign where he has spent the past two season as an assistant coach. Bell has coached since 2004, but extensively worked in the OHL where he has been an assistant coach with the Owen Sound Attack (2004-2007), the Barrie Colts (2009-2011), the Sudbury Wolves (2012-13) and the Niagara IceDogs (2013-2016) before taking over head coach for the 2016-17 season.
He has twice been to the OHL Finals (2010 and 2016) and played 60 AHL games during his professional career.
The Senators have also signed Fred Lemay as the team’s new video coach. Lemay has spent the past two seasons with the Beast working under Chaulk.
The B-Sens have extended the contract of goaltending development coach Kory Cooper, who will be entering his fourth season in the Senators organization.
Assistant coaches Paul Boutilier and Ryan Murphy, as well as video coach Tyler May, will not be returning for the 2019-20 season.
