Ducks Hire Former Leafs, Islanders Assistant Greg Cronin as Head Coach

Ducks Hire Former Leafs, Islanders Assistant Greg Cronin as Head Coach
New York Islanders coaches (L) Doug Weight, Jack Capuano (C) and Greg Cronin (R) leave the ice following a 2–1 victory over the Calgary Flames at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., on Feb. 27, 2015. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
The Associated Press
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ANAHEIM, Calif.—Greg Cronin spent 36 years coaching at nearly every level of hockey before he finally got his first chance to be an NHL head coach.

He believes the struggling but talented Anaheim Ducks will be worth that extraordinary wait.