Flyers Announce Phantoms' New Head Coach, Pair of Assistants

Lehigh Valley Phantoms name new head coach

John Snowden has been named as the Lehigh Valley Phantoms' new head coach.

Flyers announce Phantoms' new head coach, pair of assistants

The Flyers named John Snowden the new head coach of AHL affiliate Lehigh Valley. He'll be joined by assistant coaches Nick Schultz and Terrence Wallin.

Flyers Promote John Snowden To AHL Head Coach, Hire Two Assistants

The Philadelphia Flyers have promoted John Snowden to the role of Lehigh Valley Phantoms head coach. He will fill a hole opened when Ian Laperrière was appointed an advisor to NHL general manager Daniel Briere in June. The Flyers also announced they’ve hired Nick Schultz and Terrence Wallin as AHL assistant coaches. Lehigh Valley will move forward under the charge of Snowden, who served as an assistant coach to Lapierre through the last two seas…

Phantoms Name Their New Head Coach

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms have officially named John Snowden the next head coach of the team, replacing Ian Laperriere, who became an Advisor to Hockey Operations earlier this offseason. Snowden will be a first-time AHL head coach. He had been with the Phantoms for the previous two seasons as an assistant, the same title he held with the Toronto Marlies from 2021-23. Before that, Snowden was the head coach of the Newfoundland Growlers in the EC…

Phantoms announce John Snowden as head coach; Terrence Wallin, Nick Schultz as assistants

Bits of business have slowly been wrapped up all over the organization as we near the true doldrums of the offseason, and another pretty significant piece was announced today. The Phantoms announced that their coaching staff for next season has fully come together, with John Snowden getting the nod with the promotion to Head Coach, while Terrence Wallin and Nick Schultz will fill out the staff as his assistants. These are all names that, for one…

Snowden named head coach of Phantoms

The Philadelphia Flyers have named John Snowden head coach of their AHL affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Additionally, Nick Schultz and Terrence Wallin have been hired as assistant coaches. Snowden, 43, had been an assistant with the Phantoms for two seasons. He previously served as an assistant coach with the AHL’s Toronto Marlies from 2021 to 2023, and was an assistant and later head coach of the ECHL’s Newfoundland Growlers from 2018 to