Only a day after it was reported that Kevin Dean would be joining the Vancouver Canucks as an assistant coach, news has circulated that Canucks assistant coach Yogi Švejkovský will be departing from the organization. He is expected to join former Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet, who is now with the Philadelphia Flyers. 

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Švejkovský has spent virtually his entire coaching career in Vancouver. He started out as an assistant coach for the Vancouver Giants of the WHL from 2006 to 2014, later changing roles and becoming a skills coach from 2014 to 2018. During this span of time, he also coached the Seafair Islanders PW (2013–14) and at Delta Hockey Academy (2015–2017). After spending time with St. George’s at a head coach from 2017 to 2019, he went back to Delta for one season. 

Vancouver brought Švejkovský into the organization for the 2021–22 season, with the coach drawing in as a skills coach with the Abbotsford Canucks. He spent one season in the AHL before being brought up to Vancouver in 2022–23, where he was able to become a part of Tocchet’s coaching arsenal. Švejkovský was promoted from a skills coach to an assistant coach after the 2023–24 season as a replacement for Mike Yeo who is currently with the Ottawa Senators. 

Švejkovský had been considered a favourite for the final assistant coach spot on new Canucks head coach Adam Foote’s bench. Now that reports are claiming that he has moved on, Vancouver may have to look outside the organization to find their final assistant coach. 

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