The Milwaukee Admirals are looking for a new head hockey coach today. Claude Noel, who has spent four seasons in Milwaukee, is leaving the Admirals for an assistant coaching job with the Columbus Blue Jackets of the NHL.
Noel had a .639 winning percentage in four season, including two trips to the Calder Cup Finals and a championship in 2004. That was Noel's first season, when he was named the American Hockey League Coach of the Year.