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Mike Babcock, Head Coach of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Tom Renney, Interim Head Coach and VP of Player Development of the New York Rangers, have been named Team Canada's assistant coaches for the 2004 IIHF Men's World Hockey Championship, Team Canada's General Manager Jim Nill announced on Monday. Babcock and Renney will work with Team Canada's World Championship Head Coach Joel Quenneville, who was named on March 15, 2004 by GM Nill and Team Canada's Management staff for the 2004 Men's World Championship: Don Maloney, Assistant General Manager and Lanny McDonald, Director, Player Personnel. The 2004 IIHF World Hockey Championship will take place April 24-May 9, 2004 in Prague, Czech Republic. Canada's first game will be on April 25, 2004 versus Austria, and will begin play in Group D against Austria, France and Switzerland. TSN/RDS, the official broadcaster of Hockey Canada will be covering Team Canada's games LIVE from the Czech Republic. "We are very pleased to name Mike and Tom to Team Canada's coaching staff, as they both bring tremendous experience to our team," said Nill. "They both bring previous international experience and we are confident that we have chosen an excellent coaching staff for this year's World Championship in Prague." Team Canada's coaching and management staff will be working very closely with Team Canada's World Cup of Hockey 2004 Management staff, consisting of Executive Director Wayne Gretzky, Assistant Executive Director Kevin Lowe and Director, Player Personnel Steve Tambellini in the scouting and naming of players to Canada's World Championship team.
