When the Vienna Capitals directly hired Dave Cameron, an NHL coach, in 2018, the Viennese earned respect in the scene. After three years and a final in the certificate, Cameroon accepted a surprise offer from the Canadian consortium two weeks earlier to look after the under-20 national team at the home World Cup in late December. Of course, he had to leave the capitals of Vienna for this. It didn’t take long to find a coach in the Capitals.

A Cameroonian copy?

According to his resume, Cameron’s potential successor is almost a copy. Dave Barr, 60, is the head coach of the Canadian U18 team and spent twelve seasons in the NHL with Colorado, Minnesota, New Jersey, Buffalo, Florida and as an assistant coach with San Jose until December 2019. As a player, Barr completed 614 games in the NHL and came up with 332 points as the scorer.

He was the only head coach for the Canada youth team and was with the Guelph Storm in the talent league OHL prior to his time in the NHL, where he coached Rafael Rotter. The Viennese club legend left the Capitol this summer after 13 years for Linz. His relationship with Cameron wasn’t always supposed to be the best.

no deny

The Capitals did not rule out naming Dave Barr, but emphasized that a second candidate is still running. However, Barr is already in Vienna. Former Bolzano coach Greg Ireland is no longer in the running, according to his own statements. The Capitals say no decision will be taken before Monday.