Nolan Baumgartner

Baumgartner joined the Moose as an assistant coach for the 2022-23 season. Before signing on with Manitoba, he served as an assistant coach for the Vancouver Canucks for the past five seasons following five seasons as an assistant coach in the AHL for the Chicago Wolves and the Utica Comets.

Baumgartner was drafted by the Washington Capitals in the first round (10th overall) in the 1994 NHL Draft after a four-year junior career with the WHL's Kamloops Blazers. He won a pair of Memorial Cups with the Blazers (1994 and 1995) and he also won two gold medals with Team Canada at the World Junior Championships (1995 and 1996). Baumgartner, a native of Calgary, Alta., played parts of 17 seasons professionally, including 143 NHL games for six teams where he recorded 47 points (7G, 40A) and 69 PIMs. He also played for six AHL teams, highlighted by parts of seven seasons with the Manitoba Moose. He ranks third all-time on the Moose in assists (144), sixth in games played (385), and eighth in points (185).

Baumgartner is a member of the AHL Hall of Fame's Class of 2022.