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Coach (ice hockey)
Person responsible for directing an ice hockey team / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The coach in ice hockey is the person responsible for directing the team during games and practices, prepares strategy and decides which players will participate in games.[1]
![Three ice hockey players in full equipment sit at the bench during a game. Their coach is behind them watching the action on the ice.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/081128_Claude_Julien.jpg/640px-081128_Claude_Julien.jpg)