"On the day after Christmas, the Toronto Maple Leafs have hired their replacement for the recently fired assistant coach Marc Savard and it's someone that was already in the organization. Announced by the team on Friday morning, the Maple Leafs have hired Steve Sullivan to fill the hole that Savard left on the bench. There has been no clarification if he will handle the power play like Savard did, or other assistant coach Derek LaLonde will remain in that role for the man advantage."
"Shortly after Armstrong was brought in, the team fired Sullivan from his hockey operations role in February 2021 and he kept on coaching minor hockey in the Pheonix area until the Leafs came calling. Before the 2024-25 season, Sullivan was hired as the Toronto Marlies' assistant coach and was in that role until he earned enough accreditation to now be brought up to the Leafs' bench."
The Toronto Maple Leafs promoted Steve Sullivan to assistant coach on Dec. 26, 2025 to replace Marc Savard. The team has not clarified whether Sullivan will assume power-play duties or if Derek LaLonde will retain that responsibility. Sullivan retired after the 2013-14 season and entered player development with the Arizona Coyotes, becoming Director of Player Development in 2016, then assistant general manager of the Coyotes and general manager of the AHL Tucson Roadrunners in 2017. The former NHL journeyman played 1,011 games, briefly served as interim Coyotes GM in 2020, was fired in February 2021, coached minor hockey in Phoenix, and joined the Toronto Marlies before the 2024-25 season.
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