John Snowden has a lot to wrap his head around these days.



First, there’s his victory behind the bench, guiding the inaugural Newfoundland Growlers to an ECHL championship. It was his first head coaching job.



Secondly, he became a dad for the third time six weeks before the Growlers defeated the Toledo Walleye in Game 6 of the Kelly Cup Finals. On the night the Growlers defeated the Brampton Beast in the first round, his wife Janelle gave birth to their first daughter, Rowan.



“It’s been a long road,” Snowden said. “It has been amazing. It has been a whirlwind of emotions and relief. It has just been a joy. It’s incredible.



“It’s a feeling that I don’t think you can describe and I know that’s pretty cliché but that’s just what it is. I can’t put words on the way you feel after you’ve worked so hard for a goal that you’ve set out to accomplish...