Laviolette did it all as ECHL coach NHLcom Off the Wall Welcome PROFILE ACCOUNT SIGN OUT USERNAME or EMAILPASSWORDFORGOT YOUR USERNAME OR PASSWORDSIGN IN REGISTER SCORES LEAGUE SCORES NHL GAMECENTER LIVE SCHEDULE TODAY BY WEEK BY MONTH BY SEASON STANDINGS DIVISION CONFERENCE LEAGUE VS EAST VS WEST 2009 PRESEASON STATS LEAGUE LEADERS INDIVIDUALS TEAMS GAMEBYGAME CAREER SHOOTOUTS 2009 PRESEASON TEAMS Chicago Blackhawks Columbus Blue Jackets Detroit Red Wings Nashville Predators St Louis Blues Calgary Flames Colorado Avalanche Edmonton Oilers Minnesota Wild Vancouver Canucks Anaheim Ducks Dallas Stars Los Angeles Kings Phoenix Coyotes San Jose Sharks New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Toronto Maple Leafs Atlanta Thrashers Carolina Hurricanes Florida Panthers Tampa Bay Lightning Washington Capitals PLAYERS SEARCH PLAYERS ROOKIES DRAFT HISTORY NEWS HEADLINES FEATURES NHL WINTER CLASSIC 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS NHL ENTRY DRAFT NHL AWARDS STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS NHL ALLSTAR GAME HOCKEYS FINEST ALL NEWS STORIES NOUVELLES EN FRANAIS FANTASY PLAY FANTASY HOCKEY 09 VIDEO LIVE GAME VIDEO NHL NETWORK PHOTOS FANS NHL FANS NHL ON FACEBOOK NHL ON TWITTER NHL ON YOUTUBE NHL TOOLBARS SATURDAYNHLPICKS NHL TWITTER LISTS NHL TWEETMIXX MOBILE TICKETS NHL TICKETS BUY AND SELL NHL TICKETS SHOP SHOPNHLCOM AUCTIONS JERSEYS MEN WOMEN KIDS NYC NHL STORE HEADLINES DIVISION NOTES OLYMPICS FANTASY ALL FEATURES Laviolette did it all as ECHL coachFriday 07242009 1030 AM Off the Wall By Evan Weiner NHLcom Correspondent They (the Nailers ownership) had some places that were here But we had to make sure they had to get furnished and then we had to go out and had to probably get six more places It was a lot of running around and it was a lot of hard work Peter Laviolette on finding housing for his playersThe toughest parts of the ECHL season are the months leading up to training camp the easiest part of being an ECHL coach is the first day of training camp That is the opinion of Peter Laviolette who won a Stanley Cup as the coach of the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006 but nine years earlier was a rookie coach in a league then called the East Coast Hockey League that he knew little about Laviolette very quickly learned that it wasnt summertime and the living is easy in his first couple days as coach of the Wheeling Nailers Being a coach two rungs below the NHL brings a totally different job description and the first order of business may not be getting players but finding the right real estate broker and getting proper housing for players A coach is a recruiter with July and Au...