Coaching Career
Shortly after his playing career ended, Gardner jumped in to the coaching profession, becoming head coach of the Newmarket Saints of the American Hockey League for four seasons. He would later become an assistant coach for the Baltimore Skipjacks (later Portland Pirates after their relocation) under coach Barry Trotz. Both Trotz and Gardner would later be promoted to the NHL level when they moved to Nashville to work for the expansion Predators. Gardner would be assistant coach through the 2002–03 season.
On December 18, 2008, he became the coach of the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. On September 13, 2011 Gardner was named head coach of the Bloomington Blaze of the Central Hockey League. On January 18, 2013 Gardner was appointed head coach of the Braehead Clan of the Elite Ice Hockey League.
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