Long-serving French ice hockey player to coach under-20 national team

By Michael Houston
Thursday, 23 April 2020

Yorick Treille has been named as France's under-20 coach after 13 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship appearances ©Getty Images

France's long-serving ice hockey national team player Yorick Treille has been appointed as the country's new head coach of the under-20 men's team.

Replacing Pierre Pousse in the position, Treille takes over ahead of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Under-20 World Championship Division I Group B in the 2020-2021 season.

The French juniors compete in the third tier of world ice hockey and will play in their group against Estonia, Japan, Poland, Slovenia and Ukraine.

After his first full season as head coach in the Ligue Magnus, long-time national team player Yorick Treille will become the head coach of the @Hockey_FRA?? U20 national team next season and continue as assistant coach at the men's national team. https://t.co/rJiBJ5cX0j
— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) April 20, 2020

Treille will also continue as assistant coach of the men's national team, alongside head coach Philippe Bozon, when the junior programme ends for the season in February.

He represented France at 13 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments at senior level, with nine of them coming in the top division.

He moved from being a player to a coach during the 2018-2019 season when he was placed in charge of the Mulhouse Scorpions in the Ligue Magnus.

In his first full season he led them to the semi-finals, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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