Ryan McGill

McGill, was an assistant coach for the Vegas Golden Knights, spending five seasons in his role, from 2017-18 through 2021-22. He helped Vegas reach the Stanley Cup Playoffs in four of the team's first five seasons, including becoming the first NHL expansion team to advance to a Stanley Cup Final (2017-18) since St. Louis in 1967-68.

McGill's previous NHL experience includes serving as an Assistant Coach with the Calgary Flames for two seasons, 2009-10 to 2010-11. He was promoted to that position after four years as the head coach of the Flames' American Hockey League affiliates in Quad City and Omaha. He was also the head coach of the AHL's Hartford Wolf Pack from 2003-05.

McGill's coaching career began in 1996-97 as an assistant for the Edmonton/Kootenay Ice of the Western Hockey League (WHL), and he then served as head coach for the Ice from 1997-98 to 2001-02, culminating in the Ice winning a Memorial Cup that final season. McGill later returned to Kootenay as head coach in 2012-13 and earned the WHL's Coach of the Year award. In 2016-17, he was awarded OHL Coach of the Year, after a successful campaign with Owen Sound Attack. After two seasons with Owen Sound, McGill was hired to join the Golden Knights coaching staff.

A native of Sherwood Park, Alberta, McGill was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the second round, 29th overall, in the 1987 NHL Draft. The right-handed shot defenseman played in 151 career regular-season NHL games before his career was cut short by injury. Over those games, he scored four goals and 15 assists for 19 points and 391 penalty minutes with Chicago (9), Philadelphia (134) and Edmonton (8) from 1991-92 to 1994-95. McGill led Philadelphia with 238 PIM in 1992-93 and was teammates with Kevin Dineen, current head coach of New Jersey's AHL affiliate, Utica Comets, from 1992-93 to 1994-95 on the Flyers.