Nigel Kirwan will serve as video coach for Team USA at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

He served in the same capacity for Team USA at the 2008 International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s World Championship in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, and the 2009 IIHF Men’s World Championship in Bern and Zurich-Kloten, Switzerland.

Kirwan will enter his 25th year with the Tampa Bay Lightning and 21st as a member of the coaching staff in 2016-17. In his current role as video coach for the Lightning, Kirwan is responsible for the breakdown of game film, generation of scouting reports and creation of specialty film, among other duties.

Kirwan has coached amateur hockey at various levels in the United States for 17 years and is active in youth hockey camps and clinics.

A resident of Tampa, Florida, Kirwan started with the Lightning as a member of the front office staff for four years before joining the coaching staff ahead of the 1996-97 season.