PWHL Las Vegas names Kim Weiss head coach

The PWHL's Las Vegas expansion team named Kim Weiss head coach on Monday. Weiss, 37, moves to the women's professional league after completing her second season as an assistant with the American Hockey League's Colorado Eagles. The team lost Game 7 of the AHL Western Conference finals last week.

Weiss becomes the PWHL's fourth women's coach entering next season, doubling the league's total from last season. Vancouver still has a vacancy. In Colorado, Weiss was the second woman to serve as a full-time assistant in the NHL or AHL. She is reunited with Las Vegas general manager Dominique DiDia, as the two were teammates at Trinity College.

Weiss later became an assistant coach for the Connecticut school's men's team, the first woman to do so at the Division III level.

Statement from general manager "Throughout her coaching career, Kim has consistently demonstrated an exceptional ability to develop players, build strong team cultures, and achieve success at the highest levels of the game," DiDia said. " DiDia had previously announced she was closing in on an agreement to hire Weiss.

The PWHL added four franchises in growing to 12 for next season. The hiring comes two days before the league's draft in Detroit.