Dave Lowry named coach of Canada's national junior hockey team

Dave Lowry has been named head coach of Canada's team for the 2016 world junior hockey championship.

The 50-year-old will be joined on the bench by assistants Dominique Ducharme, Martin Raymond and D.J. Smith.

The head coach of the WHL's Victoria Royals for the last three years, Lowry played 1,084 games over 19 NHL seasons with the Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues, Florida Panthers, San Jose Sharks and Calgary Flames.

The Ottawa native won a gold medal as an assistant coach with Canada's world junior team in January.

The 2016 tournament will be held in Helsinki.

Hockey Canada also announced Monday that Kelly McCrimmon will coach the under-18 team for the coming season.