A month after making it official by hiring Mike Sullivan as their new head coach, the Rangers announced the new assistants on his staff on Thursday, Jun. 5.

Rangers team president and general manager Chris Drury made the announcement by revealing that David Quinn, Joe Sacco, and Ty Hennes were hired assistant coaches.

Quinn rejoins the organization after coaching the Rangers from 2018-19 through 2020-21. During his three-year tenure, he went 96-87-25. The Rangers failed to qualify for the postseason in all three seasons, including the Covid interrupted 2019-20 when they lost in the Stanley Cup qualifying round to the Hurricanes. Since then, Quinn coached the Sharks for two seasons and then served as an assistant coach under Sullivan with the Penguins.

Hennes also served as an assistant for the Penguins the last two years after serving in a different capacity in the organization. Previously, he played his collegiate career for Boston College. That included winning a national championship in 2001.

Sacco has coached in the past. A decade after being the bench boss of the Avalanche for three years, he replaced Jim Montgomery in 2024-25. Sacco had served as an assistant coach for the Bruins since 2014-15. After he took over, the Bruins went 25-30-7 to finish last in the Eastern Conference. A former player who has a lot of experience behind the bench, he’ll join the Rangers under Sullivan in the Big Apple.

Overall, it looks like a good coaching staff. While neither Sacco nor Quinn had much success as head coaches, they are better suited as assistants. When he returns, Quinn will see some familiar faces. That includes Adam Fox, who won a Norris Trophy when Quinn was the bench boss.

Pens Hire Dan Muse as Coach

Meanwhile, Dan Muse landed on his feet in Pittsburgh. The former Rangers assistant was hired by the Pens as their new head coach. He’ll take over for Sullivan, who now coaches the Rangers.

It’s funny the way things work out. Muse served as an assistant under Peter Laviolette the past two years. Now, he gets the opportunity to run things in Pittsburgh. Considering all of the success Kris Knoblauch has had with the Oilers, who are battling the Panthers in a Stanley Cup Finals rematch, it’ll be interesting to see how Muse does. He’ll get to coach Sidney Crosby.

As for Knoblauch, he and the Oilers are deadlocked with the defending champion Panthers 1-1. Both games went to overtime. Leon Draisaitl won Game 1 on the power play. Brad Marchand won Game 2 on a breakaway in double overtime. It’s been a great series so far. We’ll see what happens when it shifts to Florida on Monday.