Sparre, 38, most recently spent three years as an assistant coach with the AHL’s San Diego Gulls and previously coached in the OHL and with Austria’s top professional league.

Erik Sparre was arrested in the 1985 killings of Harold and Thelma Swain after the original suspect, Dennis Perry, was exonerated on DNA evidence, authorities said.

Sparre’s experience in the AHL seen as plus during interview process. Before coming to Boston, Sparre was an assistant coach in the American Hockey League for three years with the San Diego Gulls.

Sparre, a 38-year-old veteran assistant with no experience in the women's game, replaces Courtney Kessel, who had a 27-19-8 record and a Walter Cup Finals appearance before leaving to take over at ...