"The secret is out. Craig MacTavish didn't care too much for his gig as a television analyst.

Behind the bench is where he believes he's meant to be, and that's where he finds himself as head coach of the Chicago Wolves, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks.

"The TV [job] was just a little waiting room to get back into the coaching," said MacTavish before the Wolves' second game of a back-to-back road set with the Abbotsford Heat Wednesday in the Fraser Valley. "It was a good opportunity here. I didn't dislike the TV, but I'm more of an insider by trade than an outsider. I enjoy the coaching.""