The Tahoe Knight Monsters have a new coach for the 2026-27 season. The Vegas Golden Knights fired head coach Bruce Cassidy in March. Vegas hired John Tortorella as a temporary coach for the rest of the 2026-27 season. This caused coaching changes across the Vegas Golden Knights, the Henderson Silver Knights, and the Tahoe Knight Monsters during the offseason. Coach Alex Loh had been the head coach of the Tahoe Knight Monsters for the inaugural 2024-25 season and the 2025-26 season. Coach Loh was promoted to an assistant coach position in the offseason with the Henderson Silver Knights of the AHL. Coach Loh finished his time behind the Knight Monsters bench with a record of 76-55-13. On Tuesday, July 28th, 2026, the Tahoe Knight Monsters announced that Connor Jones would be the new head coach of the Tahoe Knight Monsters.
Connor Jones played junior hockey in the BCHL with the Vernon Vipers. Jones played in the NCAA for Quinnipiac University. He played in the NHL for the New York Islanders. He played in the AHL for the Oklahoma City Barons and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. He played in the ECHL for the Bakersfield Condors and the Fort Wayne Komets. He also played for Thurgau in Switzerland and Vasterviks IK in Sweden. Jones finished his playing career in 2022. He was a scout for the Vegas Golden Knights at some point. For the last two seasons, he has been an assistant coach for Princeton University in the NCAA.
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