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Predators Hire Mitch Korn As Director Of Goaltending

May 29, 2024 at 12:09 pm CDT | by Josh Erickson 5 Comments

The Predators have hired Mitch Korn to be their new director of goaltending, the team said in a statement Wednesday. Korn, the team’s goalie coach for its first 15 seasons from 1998 to 2014, had been working as the Islanders’ director of goaltending and was previously expected back with the team next season.

Korn, 66, began his coaching career at the low collegiate level with Kent State University in 1979. He worked his way up the ranks over the next decade before being named the Sabres’ goalie coach in 1990. After being hired by the expansion Predators under head coach Barry Trotz in 1998, Korn and Trotz were nearly inseparable. He’s followed him to subsequent coaching jobs with the Capitals and Islanders, winning a Stanley Cup in Washington in 2018. He re-joins Trotz, now the Preds’ general manager, in Nashville.

The New York native is arguably one of the best goalie specialists in league history despite not having played professionally. He played a significant role in the development and success of all-time great Dominik Hašek in Buffalo before doing the same with All-Stars Pekka Rinne and Tomáš Vokoun in Nashville. He also presided over the best years of Braden Holtby’s career in Washington and helped Ilya Sorokin become one of the best goalies in the league with New York.

Predators fans hope Korn can have the same effect with 2020 11th-overall pick Yaroslav Askarov, who’s set to challenge for full-time NHL duties after back-to-back All-Star seasons with AHL Milwaukee. Korn will have direct reports in Preds goalie coach Ben Vanderklok, who’s held the role since 2014, goaltending development coach Jason Barron, and Rinne, their European development coach and scout.

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  1. Gbear

    1 year ago

    He’s back!

    Now if Trotz can purge a few good scouts away from the Isles or Caps. :)

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  2. lapcheung39

    1 year ago

    The leafs should hire Cujo as their goalie Consultant!

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  3. sippycups

    1 year ago

    :: insert “Twist” lyrics.

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  4. dayvisferreras

    1 year ago

    How a guy like him ain’t in the Hall of Fame yet as a builder??

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  5. MacJablonski--NotVegasLegend

    1 year ago

    Wow! Nice acquisition, GMBT!

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