Ted Nolan's contract with the Sabres ran through the 2016-17 season and he's finally off Terry Pegula's books. So now the two-time former Buffalo coach has a new job in hockey.

Nolan, 59, has been named the coach of the Polish National Team and was introduced in Warsaw on Tuesday. His staff will include Tom Coolen, an assistant under him during his second stint with the Sabres from 2013-2015.

“I love challenges. I’ve always been an underdog my whole life," Noln said in an article posted on the Web site of the International Ice Hockey Federation. "When this opportunity came and seeing where Polish hockey has been for a while, hopefully I can make a difference and rise up to a higher level. I’m really looking forward. It’s probably my biggest challenge to date and my biggest excitement to date."

Poland has not been in the IIHF's top division since 2002 and is looking for Nolan to work some of the same magic he did with Latvia, which nearly sprung an upset of Team Canada during the 2014 Sochi Olympics.