Chuck Fletcher (born April 29, 1967) is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two o ...

executive who is the general manager and co-president of the

Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia. The Flyers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games in Wel ...

of the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranke ...

(NHL).

Career

Fletcher was assistant general manager of the

Florida Panthers The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference, and initially played their home game ...

from their expansion year in 1993 until 2002. From 2002 to 2006, Fletcher served as the director of hockey operations, assistant general manager, and vice president of amateur scouting/player development for the Anaheim Ducks. Fletcher then served for three years as the assistant general manager for the

Pittsburgh Penguins The Pittsburgh Penguins (colloquially known as the Pens) are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference, and have play ...

under Ray Shero. Fletcher was hired as general manager of the

Minnesota Wild The Minnesota Wild are a professional ice hockey team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Wild competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Confe ...

, on May 21, 2009, a position he held until April 23, 2018. On April 23, 2018, the Wild owner, Craig Leopold, announced that the organization would not renew Fletcher's contract effectively ending his nine-year tenure with the club. On December 3, 2018, Fletcher was hired by the

as their new general manager. He is the ninth general manager in Flyers' franchise history (eighth person to be general manager) and the first since 1990 who was not previously a player on the team. When Paul Holmgren resigned as president, Fletcher succeeded him, taking the positions of President and general manager (alongside Valerie Camillo who is also President).

Personal life

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...

native, Fletcher is a

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

graduate (1990), and spent a year working as the sales and merchandising coordinator for

Hockey Canada Hockey Canada (which merged with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association in 1994) is the national governing body of ice hockey and ice sledge hockey in Canada. It is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation and controls the majority ...

and two years as a player representative for Newport Sports Management before making the transition to front office work with the Florida Panthers. He lives in

Voorhees, New Jersey Voorhees Township is a township in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the township's population was 29,131, reflecting an increase of 1,005 (+3.6%) from the 28,126 counted in the 2000 census. Voorhees ...

with his wife Rhonda, with whom he has two children.Pittsburgh Penguins Websit
"Hockey Staff, Chuck Fletcher"
, May 21, 2009. His father is a well-known ice hockey executive and former general manager

Cliff Fletcher George Clifford "Cliff" Fletcher (born August 16, 1935) is a National Hockey League executive and is a former general manager of the Atlanta Flames/Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Phoenix Coyotes. He is currently a senior advisor to the ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fletcher, Chuck 1967 births Living people Anaheim Ducks executives Anaheim Ducks scouts Anglophone Quebec people Florida Panthers general managers Harvard University alumni Ice hockey people from Quebec Minnesota Wild general managers National Hockey League executives National Hockey League general managers People from Adams County, Pennsylvania Philadelphia Flyers executives Pittsburgh Penguins executives Sportspeople from Montreal