Hockey Canada close to naming general manager for 2022 Winter Olympics

While the NHL and NHLPA continue to grind out the details regarding the 2020-21 season, it appears the one general manager is being sought after for a big role with Hockey Canada.

According to Pierre LeBrun, St. Louis Blues general manager, Doug Armstrong, will be asked to come back and be the lead man for Canada's national team at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.

Report: Blues' Armstrong expected to be Canada's GM for 2022 Olympics https://t.co/2dOvLjPpka pic.twitter.com/GRRqYHcgt5— theScore NHL (@theScoreNHL) December 11, 2020

Armstrong, 56, was Canada's general manager at the last best-on-best tournament, the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, which Canada won by defeating Team Europe, 2-0, in the best-of-three final. He was also an assistant general manager for Canada at both the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics, winning the gold medal at both events.

At the NHL level, Armstrong has been an assistant general manager, and general manager since the 1992-93 season, with the exception of the 1995-96 season. He started out as an assistant general manager with the Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars for eight and a half years, before being promoted to general manager during the 2001-02 season. He spent the next four and a half seasons as general manager in Dallas before being fired mid-way through the 2007-08 season.

Prior to the 2008-09 season, Armstrong joined the St. Louis Blues front office as director of player personnel, and was then promoted to general manager ahead of the 2010-11 season.

Armstrong has won two Stanley Cups, one as an assistant general manager with the Dallas Stars during the 1998-99 season, and one as general manager with the St. Louis Blues during the 2018-19 season. He was also named NHL general manager of the year during the 2011-12 season, in only his second season in charge of the St. Louis Blues.

Source: TheScore

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