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Penguins Stanley Cup winner Nick Bonino hired as assistant coach
Updated: 5:11 PM EDT Jun 20, 2025
Nick Bonino, a two-time Stanley Cup winner in Pittsburgh, is rejoining the Penguins as an assistant coach, the team confirmed Friday.Also filling out the staff of new head coach Dan Muse are Todd Nelson and Rich Clune, as well as longtime goaltending coach Andy Chiodo, who will return in that role next season.Bonino, Bonino, Bonino! The “HBK Line” celebrates Stanley Cup in Pittsburgh: Watch video from 2016 aboveBonino. 37, was a member of Pittsburgh’s back-to-back championship teams in 2016 and 2017. He went on to play for Nashville, Minnesota and San Jose, then briefly returned to the Penguins in 2023 before ending his career with the New York Rangers.Nelson, 56, joins the Pens after three seasons as head coach of the AHL’s Hershey Bears, winning two Calder Cup championships. He has NHL coaching experience with Edmonton, serving as the Oilers’ interim head coach in 2015, and stints with the Dallas Stars and Atlanta Thrashers as an assistant.Clune, 38, was an assistant coach with the Anaheim Ducks last season. He previously worked as a player development coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
PITTSBURGH —
Nick Bonino, a two-time Stanley Cup winner in Pittsburgh, is rejoining the Penguins as an assistant coach, the team confirmed Friday.
Also filling out the staff of new head coach Dan Muse are Todd Nelson and Rich Clune, as well as longtime goaltending coach Andy Chiodo, who will return in that role next season.
Bonino, Bonino, Bonino! The “HBK Line” celebrates Stanley Cup in Pittsburgh: Watch video from 2016 above
Bonino. 37, was a member of Pittsburgh’s back-to-back championship teams in 2016 and 2017. He went on to play for Nashville, Minnesota and San Jose, then briefly returned to the Penguins in 2023 before ending his career with the New York Rangers.
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NASHVILLE, TN – JUNE 11: Nick Bonino #13 of the Pittsburgh Penguins celebrates with the Stanley Cup trophy after they defeated the Nashville Predators 2-0 in Game Six of the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Final at the Bridgestone Arena on June 11, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
Nelson, 56, joins the Pens after three seasons as head coach of the AHL’s Hershey Bears, winning two Calder Cup championships. He has NHL coaching experience with Edmonton, serving as the Oilers’ interim head coach in 2015, and stints with the Dallas Stars and Atlanta Thrashers as an assistant.
Clune, 38, was an assistant coach with the Anaheim Ducks last season. He previously worked as a player development coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs.