Do You Know the Way to SAN JOSE?

CitizensVoice.com and Penguins Insider blog are reporting that Todd Richards, the head coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins AHL affiliate, is headed to San Jose to join the Sharks as the assistant head coach.

Richards was the head coach for the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Baby Pens for 2 years and, in that time, 26 of his players have been called up to the NHL.

Baby Pens assistant, Dan Bylsma, is said to be the likely candidate for Richards' position and names such as Dennis Bonvie and Todd Reirden have been mentioned as replacements for Bylsma.

“You have to give a lot of credit to Todd and Dan,” Pittsburgh assistant general manager Chuck Fletcher said last month. “I don’t think they get nearly enough credit outside of this market. Todd clearly was one of the best coaches, if not the best coach, in the American League this year. Dan Bylsma is ready to be a head coach in the American League.”