The Los Angeles Kings promoted from within to fill their head coaching vacancy for the 2017-18 season, and the Vancouver Canucks are essentially following suit this week, according to a report from TSN.

Travis Green, who has led Vancouver's American Hockey League affiliate since 2013, is set to become the Canucks' next coach, replacing Willie Desjardins, who was fired the day after this season ended with a 30-43-9 record.

Here are three interesting things to know about Green as the AHL vet looks set to become Vancouver's third head coach in six seasons:

1. He brings title-winning experience but is new to NHL coaching

This is about what you would expect for a non-retread hiring. The Canucks are going with familiar, albeit fresh, blood here by calling up a man in Green who has four seasons of head coaching experience in the AHL and another one in the Western Hockey League.

Those five seasons have not been devoid of success. As a fill-in head coach and general manager for the WHL's Portland Winterhawks in 2011-12, Green led the team to a 37-8-2 record, a WHL title and a Memorial Cup appearance. His four years running the show for the Utica Comets included two trips to the Calder Cup playoffs and one Calder Cup Final bid.

If you want to dig even deeper, Green can also be credited with helping the Winterhawks to three straight WHL finals appearances -- playoff berths that came before Green's ascension to the head coaching role in November 2008.

2. He has lots of playing experience

If there's a knock against Green as Desjardins' replacement, it cannot be that he lacks experience playing in the NHL.

After a few years in the WHL, he racked up almost 1,000 games between the New York Islanders, Arizona Coyotes, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Anaheim Ducks. His career numbers include 193 goals and 455 total points.

3. He is a documented champion of poker

Forget the fact that Green earned character points by taking over for a suspended head coach and proceeded to win a title in the WHL. The man is also a renowned poker player.

During his own NHL playing career, the soon-to-be Canucks coach was said to have pocketed close to $40,000 at a Las Vegas event during the league's lockout. And there are separate reports suggesting he was virtually an ESPN star during a bid for the World Series of Poker, taking on more than 2,300 poker professionals.