Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Phil Esposito, left, attends a news conference with Jacques Demers Wednesday, Nov. 12, 1997 at the Ice Palace in Tampa, Fla., where Demers was named the new head coach. Demers, 53, a Stanley Cup winner and two-time NHL Coach of ther Year, replaces Rick Paterson, who had been interim coach since Terry Crisp was fired Oct. 26.(AP Photo/Steve Nesius)