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CAMP IS UNDERWAY AND
THEIR IS NO
SHORTAGE OF STORLYLINES.
CHRIS RECKLING HAS THE
LATEST
FROM THE DEFENDING CALDER
CUP CHAMPIONS.
ITS BACK TO THE FUTURE
FOR THE NORFOLK ADMIRALS.
GONE ARE THE TAMPA BAY
LIGHTNING. THE ANAHEIM
DUCKS
ARE THE NEW PARENT
CLUB...AND WHAT REALLY
STANDS OUT MOST
IS THE NEW COACHING
STAFF.
TRENT YAWNEY, IS BACK
LEADING THE WAY.
IT WAS YAWNEY WHO GUIDED
THE ADMIRALS FROM 2000 TO
2005. EACH
OF THOSE YEARS, THE
ADMIRALS MADE THE
PLAYOFFS.
"IM REAL EXCITED TO BE
BACK. I NEVER THOUGHT
THIS WOULD
HAPPEN, BUT SINCE IT DID,
I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
IT."
WHEN YAWNEY LEFT AFTER
THE 2005, IT WAS MIKE
HAVILAND WHO
TOOK OVER THE TEAM FOR
THE NEXT TWO SEASONS.
AFTER NORFOLK, HAVILAND
BECAME AN ASSISTANT WITH
THE CHICAGO
BLACKHAWKS...HE EVEN WON
A STANLEY CUP IN 2010.
NOW LIKE
YAWNEY, HAVI RETURNS TO
NORFOLK.
"THE OPPORTUNITY CAME UP
THIS SUMMER TO COME BACK
AND WORK
AND I JUMPED AT IT. FUNNY
HOW LIFE WORKS. THE TEAM
ENDED UP COMING
HERE AND WERE BOTH HERE
AND I COULD NOT BE
HAPPIER."
YOU MAY NOT RECOGIZE
HAVILAND, HE'S LOST SOME
93
POUNDS, BUT HE SAYS HE'S
THRILLED TO COACH
ALONGSIDE
YAWNEY WHO TURNED
SYRACUSE AROUND LAST
SEASON. "TRENT AND I
FORMED A CLOSE FRIENDSHIP
AFTER OUR TIME
COACHING THE ADMIRALS."
"WE ARE REAL LUCKY TO
HAVE HAVI AROUND IT WAS A
NO BRAINER
TO PICK HIM UP WHEN HE
BECAME AVAILABLE.
LOCAL HOCKEY FANS CAN
CATCH YAWNEY AND HAVILAND
COACHING ALONGSIDE EACH
OTHER AT THE SEASON
OPENER OCTOBER 12TH AT
NORFOLK SCOPE. REPORTING
FROM NORFOLK, CHRIS
RECKLING FOR THE
SPORTSWRAP.
BREAK TWO