The Washington Capitals promoted Emily Engel-Natzke making her the first full-time female coach in NHL history.

Emily Engel-Natzke already became the first female coach in in Capitals history when she was hired to be the video coach for the Washington Capitals AHL affiliate Hershey Bears

Engel-Natzke was hired as the video coach for the men’s and women’s teams at Wisconsin. She worked under Badgers head coach Tony Granato.

"Obviously it’s important and it’s significant,” he said. “But as we looked this, we feel like we hired really a qualified person that we brought into the organization two years ago and came in and did an outstanding job. That’s what development is all about.

“For me,” Laviolette continued, “we got the best person — and that’s the most important thing. This was earned and deserved, and I’m excited for the opportunity to be able to work with Emily.” 

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