Mitch Love is the Assistant Coach of the Washington Capitals. Love was Head Coach of the Calgary Flames’ AHL affiliate, the Calgary Wranglers, for two seasons prior, guiding Calgary to an AHL-best 51-17-3-1 record in 2022-23. For his efforts, Love received the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award as the AHL’s Outstanding Coach, an award he won in back-to-back seasons. Prior to joining the Flames organization, Love, who played professionally for six seasons, was Head Coach of the WHL’s Saskatoon Blades from 2018-21. The Quesnel, British Columbia native also served as an Assistant Coach with the Everett Silvertips of the WHL for seven seasons from 2011-18.

Internationally, Love was an assistant coach on Canada’s gold-medal winning team at the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship and served in the same role at the 2021 tournament, earning a silver medal.