The Islanders have a new face of their development department.
Pascal Dupuis was named director of player development on Tuesday, the team announced. The man Dupuis replaced, Eric Cairns, is no longer in hockey operations for the Isles, according to The Post’s Ethan Sears.
Serving in various roles for the Shawinigan Cataractes of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League over the past six seasons — from assistant coach to assistant general manager — Dupuis brings robust experience in multiple aspects of running an organization.
A partial owner of his former club, Dupuis also stepped into a dual role as hockey operations assistant director and director of player development for the past three campaigns.
“Pascal is exactly the kind of person we want shaping the next generation of Islanders,” Islanders GM Mathieu Darche said. “His story is one every young player in our system can learn from as nothing was handed to him. He was undrafted, found his way to the NHL through his tireless work ethic, and built a career playing over 800 NHL games and finishing with him being a part of multiple Stanley Cup Championships.
“Pascal’s perspective will be invaluable for our developing players who are trying to find their way to the Islanders. We couldn’t be more excited to welcome him to the organization.”
Dupuis is a former left wing and a veteran of 871 NHL games, over which he played for the Wild, Rangers, Thrashers and Penguins.
In addition to competing for two of the Penguins’ Stanley Cup-winning teams in 2009 and 2016, Dupuis surpassed 400 points (409) over 14 seasons.
