Hockey Canada also announced that Jody Hull, head coach of the OHL’s Peterborough Petes, and Yves Sarault have been named assistant coaches.

Don Hay, 59, completed his ninth season as head coach of the Vancouver Giants and 14th as head coach in the Western Hockey League. The 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship will mark his third appearance behind the Team Canada bench; Hay won a gold medal as head coach with Canada’s National Junior Team in 1995 and a bronze medal as head coach of Canada’s National Junior Team in 2012. A two-time WHL coach of the year, Hay has been head coach of three Memorial Cup champions, in 1994 and 1995 with Kamloops and 2007 with Vancouver. He also spent time as a head coach in the NHL, with Calgary and Phoenix.

Jody Hull, 44, will be a member of Canada’s coaching staff for the second time, winning a gold medal as video coach with Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team at the 2011 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament. Hull finished his fifth season on the bench with Peterborough, but first as head coach after being promoted from assistant coach in December. He won a gold medal as a member of Canada’s National Junior Team in 1988, before playing more than 800 games over 16 NHL seasons with Hartford, the New York Rangers, Ottawa, Florida, Tampa Bay and Philadelphia.

Yves Sarault, 40, will join a Team Canada coaching staff for the first time but has represented Canada in numerous international competitions as a player including the Spengler Cup on three occasions, winning a gold medal in 2007. Sarault played parts of eight NHL seasons with Montreal, Calgary, Colorado, Ottawa, Atlanta and Nashville before playing eight years in Switzerland.