Ray Bennett

Assistant Coach

Bennett, 63, joins the Islanders after spending the last six seasons as an assistant coach with the Colorado Avalanche. The Innisfail, Alberta, native has been an NHL Assistant Coach for the last 24 years, including 10 years with the St. Louis Blues from 2007-08 to 2016-17 and six years with the Los Angeles Kings from 1999-00 to 2005-06.

On the international stage, Bennett served as the manager of high performance/video for the Canadian Hockey Association for two years. He was an assistant coach in charge of video for Canada's silver medal-winning entry at the 1999 IIHF World Junior Championship, the gold medal-winning Canadian National Women's Team at the 1999 IIHF World Women's Championship and a fourth-place finish with Canada's Men's National Team at the 1999 IIHF World Championship. Bennett was also an assistant coach with Canada's silver medal-winning women's team at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Bennett has also been the head coach at Red Deer College and held positions with the Spokane Chiefs, the World Junior Hockey Championship Association, Hockey Canada, the Moose Jaw Warriors and the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association.