Gatineau coach Benoit Groulx named head coach of Canada’s national junior team

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Coach Benoit Groulx speaks with Louie Caporusso at the Canadian national junior hockey team development camp in Ottawa on in a July 27, 2008 photo. Hockey Canada announced Thursday that Groulx is back at the helm of the junior team ahead of the World Championships at the end of the year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

MONTREAL – Gatineau Olympiques head coach Benoit Groulx will serve as Canadian head coach at the 2015 world junior hockey championship.

Hockey Canada also says that Dave Lowry and Scott Walker will serve as assistant coaches.

The 46-year-old Groulx served as an assistant under Brent Sutter at the 2014 tournament.

The 2015 world junior championship will be held December 26th through January 5th in Montreal and Toronto.

Canada settled for a fourth-place finish at the 2014 tournament.

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