Sunday . . .

Dave King, one of the greatest hockey coaches the game has known, is back in the game. King was named head coach of Adler Mannheim of the German DEL on Saturday. I still find it amazing that King doesn’t have a lifetime contract with an NHL team, but could it be that the world’s top league is too boring for him? King has always had an imagination for the game – hey, he last coached Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Russian elite league – and maybe, just maybe, he needs the challenge these adventures pose. Anyway . . . Adler Mannheim lost Friday and head coach Greg Poss was dumped after the game, never mind that last season his side won the DEL playoffs and the German Cup. Oh, and six weeks ago he was signed through 2009-10. . . . King, who has been in the Phoenix area of late, is expected to coach his new side Sunday against Dusseldorf . . . This move also means that King will be back in the Spengler Cup as Adler Mannheim is entered in the tournament that opens in Davos, Switzerland, on Dec. 26. King has three times coached the Spengler Cup winner, twice with Canada and once with Metallurg Magnitogorsk . . . In case you are thinking about getting into the coaching game, you should know that six DEL teams have made coaching changes this season. . . . By the way, King has written a book, with The Globe and Mail’s Eric Duhatschek -- King of Russia: A Year in the Russian Super League. I haven’t yet read it but am hoping it’s under the tree when I arise Tuesday morning. . . .

The Slovkians are the final team to declare their roster for the World Junior Championship that opens Wednesday in Liberec and Pardubice, Czech Republic. LW Ivan Rohac of the Kamloops Blazers made the final roster and is likely to open play on a line with centre Tomas Marcinko of the OHL’s Barrie Colts and RW Patrik Lusnak of the OHL’s Sudbury Wolves. All told, seven CHLers are on the Slovakian roster, the others being G Jaroslav Janus (Erie Otters/OHL), D Marek Biro (Windsor Spitfires/OHL) and forwards Julius Sinkovic (Val-d’Or Foreurs/QMJHL) and David Skokan (Rimouski Oceanic/QMJHL).