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The Vegas Golden Knights named it Ryan Craig team coach.
Craig, 44, spent the past three seasons serving as the head coach of the American Hockey League’s Henderson Silver Knights. With Craig at the helm, Henderson saw their wins increase each season with Craig behind the bench, culminating in a 39-21-7-5 record (90 points) in 2025-26 and an appearance in the Calder Cup Playoffs.
Prior to joining Henderson, Craig was an assistant coach with the Golden Knights for six seasons, helping the team win the Stanley Cup championship in 2023.
Craig spent nine of his 14 professional seasons as an AHL team captain, serving in that role in Springfield, Norfolk, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Cleveland and captaining the Monsters to the 2016 Calder Cup championship. He appeared in 711 AHL games and totaled 172 goals and 1380 assists.
Craig is also a two-time winner of his team’s IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year award, and was selected to captain the Western Conference team at the 2017 AHL All-Star Classic in the Lehigh Valley.
A 2002 draft pick by the Tampa Bay Lightning, Craig appeared in 198 National Hockey League games with Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh and Columbus.
