Overview

• Sparre succeeds Courtney Kessel, who left with a 27-19-8 record and a Walter Cup Finals appearance to coach Princeton’s women’s program.
• He brings three seasons as an assistant with the AHL’s San Diego Gulls and prior coaching stints in the OHL and Austria’s top league.
• Fleet general manager Danielle Marmer praised his ability to balance immediate competitiveness with long-term player development.
• Boston’s roster overhaul followed PWHL expansion that added Seattle and Vancouver and left the team without captain Hilary Knight.
• Kessel’s departure leaves only two female head coaches among the PWHL’s eight teams, highlighting ongoing gender disparities in leadership.