Sports
In WPHL, youth is the word
Published: July 2, 2000
The Shreveport Mudbugs' hiring of forward Scott Muscutt as their new head coach raised some eyebrows around the Western Professional Hockey League last week.However, if recent history is any barometer, the promotion of Muscutt, one of the team's most popular players, should bode well for the Mudbugs.Muscutt, who turned 30 two weeks ago, is now the youngest coach in the WPHL. He succeeds Jean Laforest, who left the Mudbugs after three seasons to take over the Port Huron Border Cats of the United Hockey League.The only coaches to win President's Cups in the WPHL's four-year history