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The Golden Knights have found their head coach.Gerard Gallant, 53, will be announced as the NHL expansion team’s first coach. A noon Thursday news conference is scheduled at T-Mobile Arena for the official announcement.Team owner Bill Foley would neither confirm nor deny Gallant’s hire.Gallant spent the past 2½ seasons with the Florida Panthers.He led the Panthers to the Atlantic Division title in 2016 but was let go Nov. 25 after Florida started slowly and was near the bottom of the division.In his time with the Panthers, Gallant was 96-64-25.He also had previously been the head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets. Gallant played 11 NHL seasons with Detroit and Tampa Bay. Follow all of our Golden Knights coverage at reviewjournal.com/GoldenKnights and @HockeyInVegas on Twitter.

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