Controversial Former Vancouver Canuck Todd Bertuzzi Lands Head Coaching Job

While the Vancouver Canucks are continuing to figure out Rick Tocchet's future with the club, whether that's an extension or sticking with his option for 2025-26, one of their former players has landed a coaching gig of his own.

Todd Bertuzzi, who spent parts of eight seasons in Vancouver and has a bit of coaching experience from 2015 to 2017 at the U16 level, has been named the new head coach of an Ontario junior team.

In a post on social media on Monday, the Cambridge RedHawks, who play in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League - Junior B league as per the OHA, have named Todd Bertuzzi as their next head coach.

The RedHawks had a pretty good season in the GOJHL, finishing sixth in the Eastern Conference with a 27-18-4-1 record, setting up a first round date with the Fort Erie Meteors, where they fell in six games.

Bertuzzi, 50, has plenty of hockey ties to the Cambridge, Ontario region as just 30 minutes northeast is Guelph, where he spent his four-year OHL career with the Storm.

The Sudbury, Ontario native had 449 points (188 goals, 261 assists) in 518 games with Vancouver, but his time with the Canucks will always be overshadowed due to the Steve Moore incident in 2004 which landed Bertuzzi a suspension for the remainder of the regular season and playoffs.

It's going to be a big challenge for the long-time NHL forward as he begins his coaching career and we'll see where it takes him, but potentially a role behind the bench in the Ontario Hockey League could be in the cards in the years ahead.