The Buffalo Sabres announced this morning interim assistant coach Chris Taylor will be resuming his regular role as the Rochester Americans’ head coach next week.
Taylor, 47, has been filling in for assistant Don Granato, who returned to the Sabres on Wednesday after taking a leave of absence. Granato, 52, was hospitalized with severe pneumonia before the season.
The Amerks have started the season 11-3-1-2 under interim coach Gord Dineen, one of Taylor’s assistants.
The Sabres play the Panthers on Sunday afternoon in Florida.