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Beyond the Iron Curtain

Beyond the Iron Curtain

"Iron Mike" Keenan knows what it takes to win the KHL. We caught up to discuss Roman Rotenberg's appointment to head coach at SKA, the fundamentals of coaching a global bench and more.

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Gillian Kemmerer
Jan 10, 2022
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Source: Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Legendary Canadian coach “Iron Mike” Keenan has realized success on both sides of the Atlantic. As bench boss of the New York Rangers, he presided over the first Russians to engrave their names on the Stanley Cup in 1994. Nearly twenty years later, he inked a deal with the KHL’s Metallurg Magnitogorsk—delivering a Gagarin C…

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