The Philadelphia Flyers gave Daniel Briere a larger role in the organization by naming him special assistant to general manager Chuck Fletcher on Tuesday.

Briere spent parts of the last five years in several roles with the ECHL's Maine Mariners, most recently serving as their president. The Mariners are the Boston Bruins' affiliate, but they're owned by the Flyers' parent company, Comcast Spectacor. Briere also worked with Philadelphia in a part-time player development position over the last two seasons.

The Montreal Canadiens reportedly planned to interview Briere for their GM opening before they hired Kent Hughes.

Briere spent two campaigns in the Flyers' business operations department before joining Maine.

He played six seasons with Philadelphia toward the end of his career. He notched a career-high 34 goals with the club in 2010-11 and was one of its best playoff performers ever.

A diminutive center, Briere racked up 72 points over 68 postseason games, ranking third in franchise history with 1.06 playoff points per contest. He led all postseason skaters with 30 points in 23 games while helping the Flyers make a run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2009-10.

The 44-year-old suited up for parts of 17 campaigns before retiring in 2015.

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