The 41-year-old native of Thunder Bay, Ont., played four seasons on defence with the McGill Redmen from 1985 to 1989, serving as captain in his final season. He went on to be an assistant coach with the Redmen for three years and shared the head coaching duties with Martin Raymond in 1994-95 after the mid-season departure of coach Jean Pronovost to the junior ranks.

Kompon joined the Kings coaching staff last summer as an assistant coach. In his new role, he will coordinate all areas of player development throughout the Kings organization.

Prior to joining the Kings, he spent nine years with the St. Louis Blues, where he served as the club's video coach from 1997 to 2006, and was also the strength and conditioning coach.

In 2006, he was part of the Team Canada coaching staff at the world hockey championships in Latvia, with responsibilities on video analysis.

Before joining the Blues, Kompon was an assistant coach with the Baltimore Bandits of the American Hockey League in 1996-97.

After graduating from McGill with a physical education degree in 1989, Kompon played two seasons of professional hockey, including stints in the East Coast Hockey League and with Selb in the German Elite League.

Kompon is the fourth former McGill hockey player to coach in the NHL, joining Lester Patrick (head coach, N.Y. Rangers, 1926-28), George Burnett (head coach in Edmonton, 1994-95; assistant in Anaheim, 1999-01) and Mike Babcock (head coach in both Anaheim, 2002-05 and Detroit, 2005-present).

SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
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Dept. of Athletics
McGill University
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