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Canadian hockey coach offered Dinamo Minsk job

Wayne Fleming, a Canadian coach offered the job of head coach of Belarus’ flagship ice hockey team Dinamo Minsk, held a news conference in Minsk on Monday.

The coach said that he would make up his mind on the offer on June 4, describing his talks with the club and the Belarusian Ice Hockey Federation as fairly constructive.

The 57-year-old Fleming, an assistant coach with the NHL’s Calgary Flames, said that he liked Minsk and expressed certainty that his family would find it comfortable to live in the city.

Speaking about Team Belarus’ achievements, the Canadian referred to its shock victory over Sweden at the 2002 Olympics.

Mr. Fleming led Team Canada at the 2001 World Championship and was an assistant coach with the team at the championships in 2002, 2004 and 2006.

He is the second Canadian coach to be offered the Dinamo Minsk job. John Paddock turned down the offer earlier this year.