HEAD COACHBORN:BIRTHPLACE:

SEPTEMBER 2, 1963SUMMERSIDE, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

• Gallant and his wife Pam are the parents of two children, Melissa and Jason

• He lists his three grandchildren as the most cherished gifts in his life• Gallant has been called "Turk" since he was four-years old. Although

he doesn't remember how he got the nickname, he remmebers his uncle raising turkeys, and chasing them around.

LOOSE PUCKS

Nickname: TurkHockey idol growing up: Bobby OrrTalent he'd most like to have: Be a ChefPerson he'd like to trade places with for a day: Phil MickelsonActor that would play him in a movie: Clint EastwoodMost listened to artist: AC/DCGame show he'd most like to compete on: The Price is RightMeal: Chicken Parmesan Place to visit: Fort Myers, FloridaMovie: The Shawshank RedemptionTV show: Storage WarsHobby: Golf

ONE TIMERS

Gerard Gallant is the 36th head coach in Rangers history. Coming into the season, had coached 541 career NHL games as a head coach over parts of nine seasons with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Florida Panthers, and Vegas Golden Knights. Gallant has also guided his team to a playoff appearance in each of his last three full seasons as a head coach, and he has an 18-15 record in 33 career playoff contests as an NHL head coach. Gallant has been a finalist for the Jack Adams Award, presented annually to the coach “adjudged to have contributed the most to his team’s success,” twice in his last five seasons as an NHL head coach (2015-16 with Florida and 2017-18 with Vegas). He won the award in 2017-18. Internationally, the Summerside, Prince Edward Island has coached in several tournaments. Most recently, Gallant served as Canada’s head coach at the 2021 IIHF World Championship and guided the team to a gold medal. He also helped Canada earn a gold medal as an assistant coach at the 2007 IIHF World Championship and a silver medal as an assistant coach at the 2017 IIHF World Championship. Gallant also served as an assistant coach with Team North America at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

GERARDGALLANT

“He expects you to lay everything on the ice, but he also expects us to have fun. Those are usually the two messages.” -Ryan Reaves

"I think the number one thing is the systems are a lot simpler, It's not rocket science what we're doing out there. It's just aboutexecuting it. I think it creates a little bit less thinking for us out there." - Ryan Strome

“QUOTABLE”

“TURK”