The 53-year-old Samuelsson is a former assistant with the Coyotes and later the Rangers, and he is the current head coach of the Charlotte Checkers of the AHL. Quenneville and Samuelsson were teammates with the Whalers for five seasons in the 1980s. A former defenseman, Samuelsson played 16 seasons in the NHL and won Stanley Cups with the Penguins in 1991 and '92.