Paul Holmgren will serve as the assistant general manager for Team USA at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. 

Holmgren also served as the assistant general manager of the 2006 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team and the general manager of the 2006 U.S. Men’s National Team. He was also an assistant coach for Team USA at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.

Holmgren was selected to join the U.S. Men’s National Team Advisory Group in 2009. The group was formed in February of 2007 to assist USA Hockey with the selection of players and staff of U.S. Men’s National Teams, including the Olympic Team. 

In addition, he played for the U.S. National Junior Team at the 1974 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship.

Holmgren is currently in his eighth season as general manager of the National Hockey League’s Philadelphia Flyers, leading the club to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in seven of the last eight seasons, including a berth into the Stanley Cup Finals in 2010.

Prior to being named general manager of the Flyers, Holmgren served as the club’s assistant general manager (1999-2006), director of player personnel (1997-99) and director of pro scouting (1995-97).

After an 11-year playing career in the NHL, Holmgren became an assistant coach with the Flyers upon retirement in 1985. In 1988, he became the first former Flyer to be named the team’s head coach. 

Holmgren resides in Somerdale, N.J., with his wife, Doreen, and has four children, Greta, Jason, Kirsten and Wes.