Sharks to name Mike Grier GM in historic hire

The Sharks today will name Mike Grier their next GM, and he "will be the National Hockey League’s first Black general manager." Grier has been a hockey operations adviser with the Rangers since May 2021. The Sharks’ GM search "began almost three months ago after Doug Wilson, following 19 years as the team’s top hockey executive, stepped down from the position on April 7 for health reasons." Wanting to give their next GM a "chance to hire their own coaching staff, the Sharks on Friday dismissed Bob Boughner as their head coach, John MacLean and John Madden as assistants, and Dan Darrow as their video coach after just two full seasons" (San Jose MERCURY NEWS, 7/4).