Ducks Notes: With Randy Carlyle’s backing, Steve Konowalchuk finds spot behind Ducks’ bench

ANAHEIM — Fresh off guiding his junior team to a Western Hockey League championship and a berth in the Memorial Cup, Steve Konowalchuk began to consider his coaching future.
There certainly was the allure of getting back into the NHL, where he played for 13 years and once was an assistant with Colorado. There was also leading the Seattle Thunderbirds for a seventh season and remaining close by in the Pacific Northwest as his son, Cole, finished high school.
But when the Ducks were impresse