The Vancouver Canucks have named former starting netminder Dan Cloutier their new goaltending coach.

Cloutier will take over the role from Rollie Melanson, who will shift into a player development role after six largely successful seasons fine-tuning Roberto Luongo, Cory Schneider, Eddie Lack, Ryan Miller, and Jacob Markstrom.

Melanson stated he wanted to move closer to his family on the east coast after the season ended, setting a change in motion. He'll now work with the team's goaltenders at the minor-league level in Utica, also helping scout the college and junior ranks.

Cloutier has worked in the Canucks organization for the last four seasons as a goaltending consultant.

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