Associated Press
Monday, June 15, 2026 | 3:39 p.m.
The PWHL’s expansion squad successful Las Vegas made it authoritative connected Monday by naming Kim Weiss arsenic coach.
The 37-year-old Weiss makes the leap to the women’s crippled aft completing her 2nd play arsenic an adjunct with the American Hockey League's Colorado Eagles. The squad mislaid Game 7 of the AHL Western Conference finals to Chicago past week.
Weiss becomes the PWHL’s 4th women’s manager entering adjacent season, doubling the league’s full from past season — with Vancouver inactive having a vacancy. In Colorado, Weiss was the 2nd pistillate to beryllium a full-time adjunct successful the NHL oregon AHL, joining now-former Seattle Kraken adjunct Jessica Campbell.
She is reunited with Las Vegas wide manager Dominique DiDia, arsenic the 2 were teammates astatine Trinity College. Weiss yet became an adjunct manager for the Connecticut-based school’s men’s squad — the archetypal pistillate to bash truthful astatine the Division III level.
“Throughout her coaching career, Kim has consistently demonstrated an exceptional quality to make players, physique beardown squad cultures, and execute occurrence astatine the highest levels of the game,” DiDia said. “Her accomplishments crossed some the NCAA and AHL talk for themselves, and her hockey expertise and connection skills marque her 1 of the astir respected leaders successful the sport.”
DiDia had antecedently announced she was closing successful connected an statement to prosecute Weiss. The PWHL added 4 franchises successful increasing to 12 for adjacent season. And the hiring comes 2 days earlier the league's draught successful Detroit.
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