Ex-Rangers Assistant Coach Dan Muse Reveals Answer On Returning To Madison Square Garden
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Former New York Rangers assistant coach, Dan Muse, has spoken out on returning to Madison Square Garden as the National Hockey League decided to match the Rangers against the Penguins for their home opener.
Bit of an ironic moment as former assistant coach Dan Muse will be facing his former team, the New York Rangers, and new head coach Mike Sullivan will be facing his former team, the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Dan Muse will obviously be coaching behind the bench of a completely different team when he arrives at his former home of Madison Square Garden. as he'll be leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to take on Mike Sullivan.
How Dan Muse Is Feeling About Returning To Madison Square Garden
«It's a bit ironic, I guess,» Muse said NHL Network. «The fact that it's MSG obviously both sides of it there. But I think once we get to that game, we're just going to be excited to start the season and excited to play the first game.»
Dan Muse has had the benefit of learning from some of the best in the NHL, working his way up through the ranks of college hockey from the USHL, to the IIHF to the USA NDTP.
He credits Peter Laviolette for his success and has benefited from the wealth of knowledge he's been able to tap into.
«Definitely Peter Laviolette,» Muse said when asked who's helped him the most to become the coach he is. «Having worked with him there in both Nashville and New York. He gave me my first opportunity here to work in the NHL. It's something I'll be forever grateful for - and I learned a ton from him. The way he delegates - being with him firsthand there in two different organizations, I learned a ton that I'll take with me moving forward.»
Muse followed Laviolette from gig to gig, as he was once a Predators assistant also serving with Lavy, until he joined the ranks of the Rangers in 2023.
He'll have to turn lessons learned from Laviolette into tangible evidence on the ice that he's the coach to take the Pittsburgh Penguins back into playoff success, as they begin a rebuild.
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