He has been serving as the head coach of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) since 2019.
[4] Pelino then moved to the National Hockey League (NHL), serving as head coach for the Florida Panthers in 2003-04,[5] before joining the staff of the New York Rangers as an assistant in August 2004.
[6] After five years with the Rangers, Pelino spent the 2009-10 season as an assistant coach with the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League (AHL).
In May 2013, Pelino put pen to paper on a two-year deal as assistant coach of Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), serving under Mike Keenan.
[9] He helped guide Metallurg to the Gagarin Cup as KHL champions his first year and stayed on the job after Keenan was let go in October 2015 and Ilia Vorobiev was promoted from assistant to head coach.