Steve Ludzik, a former NHL player who spent the last three seasons coaching in the International Hockey League, who has been hired to replace Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jacques Demers, speaks at a press conference at the Ice Palace Wednesday July 14, 1999 in Tampa, Fla. Ludzik becomes the team's fourth coach in eight seasons, and the first under an ownership group headed by Michigan billionaire William Davidson. He coached the IHL's Detroit Vipers to a 154-58-34 record. (AP Photo/Tampa Tribune, Cliff McBride)