Perry Pearn
Perry Pearn | |
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Born | Stettler, Alberta, Canada | June 6, 1951
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | ice hockey coach |
Perry Pearn (born June 6, 1951) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach. He is a former assistant coach in the National Hockey League, most recently with the Vancouver Canucks. In 2022, he became the head coach of the Japanese national ice hockey team.
Coaching career
Pearn, a native of
Pearn has also coached at the university and junior levels, including one season as head coach of the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League.[3][4]
Pearn served twice as an assistant coach with
During the summers, Pearn runs elite-level hockey camps in Alberta for professional and major junior players.[5]
Pearn has been inducted into four halls of fame—the Edmonton Sports Hall of Fame (1995), the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference Hall of Fame (2014), the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame (2017) and the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association Hall of Fame (2019).
In November 2022, Pearn became head coach of the Japan men's national ice hockey team and the Japan men's national junior ice hockey team.
References
- ^ "Slumping Jets fire coach Noel". National Hockey League. January 12, 2014.
- ^ Media Relations, Vancouver Canucks. "Canucks relieve Willie Desjardins of duties". National Hockey League. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
- ^ "Jets hire Perry Pearn as assistant coach". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. June 14, 2012.
- ^ Perry Pearn relieved of his duties
- ^ Peary Pearns Hockey Camps Inc.