It’s been a week since the gold medal game in Vancouver. Everyone has gone back to their pre-Olympic lives, including Islanders head coach Scott Gordon. I was lucky enough to catch Gordon in his office between practice and a 1:45pm team meeting to ask a few questions.
As an Islander fan, I was very proud to have our coach hand picked by hockey legend Brian Burke to be on the bench alongside the likes of Ron Wilson, even if it did mean sharing that bench with rival Rangers coach, John Tortorella. It was a trifecta of New England hockey, even if Wilson was born in Ontario and maintains dual citizenship. He grew up in Rhode Island, so it counts.
This was not the first time Scott Gordon was part of an Olympic team. He was on the 1992 squad in Albertville, France, where they finished fourth. Eighteen years later, Team USA finished second with Scott Gordon having a completely different vantage point.
With Rhode Island-born Burke at the helm of Team USA, some of his Olympic selections were criticized, and the team was thought to be too young and not able to get very far in the Vancouver games. The team relished its position of underdog and played well beyo ...
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New York Islanders Coach Scott Gordon: Post-Olympics
March 7th, 2010 by Dee Karl Leave a reply »
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