Hershey Bears head coach and five-time Calder Cup champion Todd Nelson has joined the Pittsburgh Penguins as an assistant coach, the team announced Friday.

Though he had never set foot in Grand Forks before this week, new Hawks coach Ty Danielson has plenty of connections to the community.

Todd Nelson is leaving the AHL's Hershey Bears to join the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins as an assistant coach, the team said ...

Nelson, who led Hershey to back-to-back Calder Cup championships, is leaving the Bears’ organization to take an assistant ...

Hersehey Bears Head Coach Todd Nelson has been hired by the Pittsburgh Penguins to serve as an assistant coach. Nelson spent ...

The Penguins have announced the hirings for their coaching staff around Dan Muse. Todd Nelson, a recent two-time AHL Calder ...