IceDogs Appoint Stanley Cup Champion, Daniel Paille As Assistant Coach
NIAGARA, ON – The Niagara IceDogs have hired NHL veteran and Stanley Cup Champion, Daniel Paille as an Assistant Coach.
IceDogs Governor, Darren DeDobbelaer on the addition of Paille, “Michele and I are excited to welcome Dan to our organization. Dan will be a tremendous asset to our already great coaching staff. What more can we say about Dan, a local guy, tremendous coach and a Stanley Cup Champion, it doesn’t get better than this”.
Paille, a Welland, ON native and OHL alumni, spent four seasons with the Guelph Storm (2000-2004), tallying a total of 247 points across 239 regular season games played. Ultimately, Paille was selected in the first round, 20th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. He would go on to play 582 career NHL games with the Buffalo Sabres, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers. This impressive NHL career included winning a Stanley Cup with the Boston Bruins in 2011.
His playing career would wrap-up in 2018 as he shifted his focus to coaching, taking a position with Canisius College in the NCAA as a Volunteer Assistant Coach (2019-2021). He would then gain a promotion to Assistant Coach, spending three seasons in that role (2021-2024). During his three seasons as Assistant Coach, Canisius would qualify for the playoffs in all three years, while winning the Atlantic Hockey America Conference tournament in 2023.
“I would like to thank Darren and Michele for this opportunity to work with the Niagara IceDogs organization”, noted Paille.
“I look forward to building a relationship with Head Coach Ben Boudreau, as well as the remaining staff within the organization, the players and Niagara Community where I am near family and friends”, he added.
Welcome to the IceDogs family, Daniel!
