Troy Ryan knew he had the newest member of his coaching staff the second time he talked to the man. Article content

It was about this same time a year ago that Ryan, the head coach of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres and the Canadian women’s national team took a seat high up in the stands to watch the top women hockey players in Canada get ready for the year ahead. Article content Article content

Beside him was Daniel Tkaczuk, a former first-round pick of the Calgary Flames (sixth overall) and a man who had been helping Ryan and his staff get the women prepared for the upcoming international series.

Tkaczuk came onto Ryan’s radar as a referral through a colleague at Hockey Canada and, other than a brief chat laying out what he wanted from him during the camp, Ryan had not really had mu

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