Confirmed with Link: Ian Clarke Changing Roles / Marko Torenius Promoted

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Per DHALIWAL on twitter. Says there’s rumblings he’s changing roles and the ahl goalie coach will be taking over.

Vancouver Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that Development Coach and Goaltending Coach of the Abbotsford Canucks Marko Torenius, has been promoted to Goaltending Coach of the Vancouver Canucks.

Current Head Goalie Coach and Director of Goaltending Ian Clark asked for a new position with the team and will now work as a goalie scout and goaltending development coach.

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[Canucks LB]

What in the heck is going on?

 

[Brookbank]

Pay him more. He's not that old.

Maybe he's overrated. Or maybe the era of elite goaltending in Vancouver is coming to an end. I really don't want to find out.

Has a goaltender ever not improved after meeting Ian Clarke ?

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

i hope the ahl goalie coach isn’t still cloutier?

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

 

[Vector]

 

[TruGr1t]

Huh, switching roles. Wonder if he's going to be involved in talent evaluation or some sort of more indirect role.

 

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Pay him more. He's not that old.

Maybe he's overrated. Or maybe the era of elite goaltending in Vancouver is coming to an end. I really don't want to find out.

Has a goaltender ever not improved after meeting Ian Clarke ?

Didn't he recently sign a 5 year deal?

 

[Canucks LB]

Pay him more. He's not that old.

Maybe he's overrated. Or maybe the era of elite goaltending in Vancouver is coming to an end. I really don't want to find out.

Has a goaltender ever not improved after meeting Ian Clarke ?

he signed a five-year deal last year

 

[TruGr1t]

Unless something happened family related, you don’t just switch roles after signing a, five-year extension as a goalie coach

No that's a bit weird, for sure. But I could see him taking more of an off-ice role involving goalie evaluation ... which has obviously been pretty good for a while. Maybe he just doesn't want to do the day-to-day work anymore.

 

[Canucks LB]

Per Canucks:

“When Ian approached me to say that he needed to make a change in his role to transition off the ice, we quickly went to work to find a solution,” said Allvin. “With Clarkie wanting something different at the hockey club, we were extremely fortunate to have Marko in the system and ready to take on the responsibility of becoming our new goaltending coach in Vancouver. Unfortunately, Ian can no longer go on the ice regularly to do the things that have made him successful. But this new role will fit with his expertise and having Clarkie going out to find and develop talent will be a big asset to the organization.”

 

[Vector]

Could be a higher level position like “Director of Goaltending” like Sean Burke has.

There was A LOT of talk from Rutherford, Allvin, and Tocchet about finding ways to keep goalies healthy and change between game habits.

 

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Vancouver Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that Development Coach and Goaltending Coach of the Abbotsford Canucks Marko Torenius, has been promoted to Goaltending Coach of the Vancouver Canucks.

Current Head Goalie Coach and Director of Goaltending Ian Clark asked for a new position with the team and will now work as a goalie scout and goaltending development coach.

 

[TruGr1t]

Could be a higher level position like “Director of Goaltending” like Sean Burke has.

There was A LOT of talk from Rutherford, Allvin, and Tocchet about finding ways to keep goalies healthy and change between game habits.

That would be my bet. As mentioned, sounds like he's just stepping back from the on-ice, day-to-day stuff. Sounds like scouting and goalie development, which is fine.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Glad Clark is still with the organization, and this seems to be him gravitating to an off ice role (he's almost 60, makes sense).

Hopefully Torenius is up to the task,

 

[TruGr1t]

Waiting for @mossey3535 take and what he knows about Torenius.

 

[arttk]

Per DHALIWAL on twitter. Says there’s rumblings he’s changing roles and the ahl goalie coach will be taking over.

the inclusion of the words "Ian clarke asked for ..." is interesting

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Just sounds like he's transitioning into more of a "retirement" role. Guy deserves it. Hopefully it doesn't have too big an impact on our goaltending development.

 

[Canucks LB]

This all sucks, way to much going on with our goaltending this offseason.

This just feels off, hard to put it into words

 

[Spectrefire]

i hope the ahl goalie coach isn’t still cloutier?

You mean you hope it still is right? Cloutier was absolutely fantastic and a coach I would've been thrilled to have replace Clarke.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Just sounds like he's transitioning into more of a "retirement" role. Guy deserves it. Hopefully it doesn't have too big an impact on our goaltending development.

He's very involved in his kids' life in the LM. One of his sons is playing competitive junior hockey, and their family billeted a young man I used to coach last year. He's almost 60, apparently doesn't want to/cannot be on the ice as much anymore according to Allvin, and segueing into a bit more of a retirement gig makes a lot of sense when considering all of that.

 

[Spectrefire]

Per Canucks:

“When Ian approached me to say that he needed to make a change in his role to transition off the ice, we quickly went to work to find a solution,” said Allvin. “With Clarkie wanting something different at the hockey club, we were extremely fortunate to have Marko in the system and ready to take on the responsibility of becoming our new goaltending coach in Vancouver. Unfortunately, Ian can no longer go on the ice regularly to do the things that have made him successful. But this new role will fit with his expertise and having Clarkie going out to find and develop talent will be a big asset to the organization.”

This sounds more like he just physically isn't able to keep up with the needs of being a goaltending coach on ice.

I would assume a goaltending coach would be a lot more physically involved than a regular coiach considering the need to demonstrate proper techniques for goalies. I'd imagine at a certain age, your knees and hips just can't do butterflies anymore on a constant basis.

 

[Vector]

He's very involved in his kids' life in the LM. One of his sons is playing competitive junior hockey, and their family billeted a young man I used to coach last year. He's almost 60, apparently doesn't want to/cannot be on the ice as much anymore according to Allvin, and segueing into a bit more of a retirement gig makes a lot of sense when considering all of that.

It's one of those announcements that seems massive and concerning when taken in with the other behind-the-scenes changes but this really reads like Clarke wants to step back and for health and family reasons. He's still under contract for two more seasons. Of course the people that feed on negativity on twitter are frothing at the mouth over this.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

It's one of those announcements that seems massive and concerning when taken in with the other behind-the-scenes changes but this really reads like Clarke wants to step back and for health and family reasons. He's still under contract for two more seasons. Of course the people that feed on negativity on twitter are frothing at the mouth over this.

Drance: "Demko holding out of camp and now Ian Clark moving on....The organization is in complete disarray"

Seravalli: "The Vancouver Canucks punt lovable goaltending coach to the curb. Classless organization and miserable Vancouver fans don't appreciate hardworking Canadians."

 

[StreetHawk]

Part of aging. As you get into your 60's, 70's, and beyond, body isn't the same. Pro athletes have put a lot more stress on their bones/joints than regular people. If his hips, knees, groin are bothering him in demonstrating the techniques, then he's wise to step away from that role.