Paul Fixter

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Paul Fixter
Born Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Position Head Coach
Playing career 19821983

Paul Fixter is a Canadian ice hockey coach. He formerly served as head coach of the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League. Fixter was fired by the Wolves on January 3, 2015. [1] Fixter was an assistant coach with the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League from 1995 to 2001.

Canadians citizens of Canada

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Ice hockey team sport played on ice using sticks, skates, and a puck

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Sudbury Wolves Canadian ice hockey team

The Sudbury Wolves are an OHL ice hockey team based in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Sudbury has had a hockey team known as the "Wolves" nearly every year since World War I. The Sudbury Wolves, the senior men's AAA team, have twice been chosen to be Canada's representatives at the Ice Hockey World Championships. They were Canada's team at both the 1938 and 1949 World Ice Hockey Championships, winning the World Championship title for Canada in 1938, and the silver medal in 1949.

Fixter has also served as the head coach of the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League, [2] and as the head coach of the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League.

Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (CHL)

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Central Hockey League North American mid-level minor professional ice hockey league which operated in the late 20th and early 21st centuries

The Central Hockey League (CHL) was a North American mid-level minor professional ice hockey league which operated from 1992 until 2014. Until 2013, it was owned by Global Entertainment Corporation, at which point it was purchased by the individual franchise owners. As of the end of its final season in 2014, three of the 30 National Hockey League teams had affiliations with the CHL: the Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, and Tampa Bay Lightning.

Hershey Bears ice hockey team

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