Ken Holland will be associate GM of Canada's 2022 men's Olympic hockey team. (photo credit: NHL.com)

By Pete McIntyre

Holland part of Canada’s management team for 2022 Olympics

Feb 3, 2021 | 11:36 AM

Doug Armstrong of the St. Louis Blues has been named general manager of Canada’s men’s hockey team for the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

Edmonton Oilers GM, and Vernon native, Ken Holland will be the associate GM.

Seattle Kraken GM Ron Francis, Boston Bruins GM Don Sweeney and former NHL goalie Roberto Luongo will serve as assistant GM’s.

“Under Doug’s leadership, as well as that of our entire management group, we’re thrilled to task them to lead us into 2022, with the opportunity to oversee our staff and players as they compete for an Olympic gold medal,” Tom Renney, CEO of Hockey Canada, said in a statement.

NHL players could participate in the Olympics for the first time since 2014, part of the four-year extension of the NHL/NHLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement that was ratified by the NHL Board of Governors and the NHL Players’ Association on July 10. Participation is pending an agreement between the NHL, NHLPA, International Olympic Committee and International Ice Hockey Federation.

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Armstrong, from Sarnia Ontario, has been the Blues GM since 2010 and helped build the team that won the Stanley Cup in 2019. St. Louis has won three Central Division titles, reached the Stanley Cup Playoffs eight times and the Western Conference Final twice during Armstrong’s tenure. He worked 17 seasons in the Dallas Stars organization, including six as GM, and won the Cup in 1999.

Armstrong, 56, was part of Hockey Canada’s management group for the gold medal-winning teams in the 2010 Vancouver and 2014 Sochi Olympics. He became the first person in management to join the Double Triple Gold Club as a two-time winner of the Stanley Cup, Olympic gold medal and IIHF World Championship (2007, 2016).

Holland, who was part of Hockey Canada’s management group at the 2010 Vancouver and 2014 Sochi Olympics, won the Stanley Cup four times with the Detroit Red Wings, including three as GM (1998, 2002, 2008).

by Pete McIntyre

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