The number of assistant coaches varies from team to team but here is what I understand the standard most teams carry. There are two assistant coaches on the bench along with the head coach. One assistant is for offense and the other for defense. There is also a goaltending coach who watches the game from a pressbox, "bird's eye" view and sometimes does doubles as the video coach. There is also a strength and conditioning coach. I have heard of teams carrying additional coaches for developing propects and are assigned to the minors and junior teams.
There are usually several different coaches. All teams have 1 head coach who organizes the entire team under the General Manager. There will usually be 2-3 assistant coaches who deal with forwards or defense. To my knowledge all teams carry a goaltending coach to work exclusively with goalies.
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because all of the coaches who are qualified enough to coach in the nhl are male
Terry Murray - Los Angeles Kings - 3 years/$2.65 million (average $883,333 per season) 7/18/08
Wayne Gretzky
Each NHL team has an affiliate team (or farm team) that plays in the American Hockey League. Many of the AHL teams are in the same city as their NHL affiliate. Many NHL teams are also affiliated with an East Coast Hockey League team.
Most NHL coaches are not paid a salary and make little to no money during the year as it is considered pompous. Many have jobs during the summer like Darryl Sutter who is a farmer or Ken Hitchcock who is a food tester.
The team as a whole only gets the cup for a year, but the players and coaches divide up some of the time to show it off with their families, etcetera. Most of the remainder of the year, the cup is carefully displayed in the team's barn (arena).
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Fedorov served as an alternate captain for the team during the 2008-09 NHL season
Indiana does not have an NHL team.
None the NHL isn't that old.