Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan agreed to a contract extension through the 2022-23 year on Friday.
Sullivan’s expansion begins after the 2019-20 campaign.
Sullivan has won two Stanley Cup titles since getting Penguins coach in December 2015.
“Mike has done a great job bringing four 100-plus-point seasons with our team,” Pittsburgh general manager Jim Rutherford said in a statement. “To win back-to-back Cups within this age speaks volumes of him as a trainer. His instincts in managing the inter-workings of our team both on and off the ice was remarkable.”
The 51-year-old Sullivan is 174-92-34 as trainer of the Penguins using the club hitting the playoffs in all four seasons. Pittsburgh won the Stanley Cup at 2016 and 2017, which makes Sullivan the first American-born trainer to acquire several Stanley Cups.
The Penguins have won an NHL-best 38 playoff games during his tenure despite being swept in the first round of this 2019 playoffs by the New York Islanders.
“Mike has proven that he is a tremendous leader for our team,” Penguins staff president and CEO David Morehouse said in a statement. “Our trust in him as a coach has continued to grow as winning back Stanley Cups in his first two years. Mike has a championship mindset and he is the right man for our staff, the company and the city of Pittsburgh.”
Sullivan also coached the Boston Bruins from 2003-06, making the playoffs his first time ahead of the 2004-05 campaign was canceled due to the NHL lockout. He went 29-37-16 in his final season in Boston.
Before getting into training, Sullivan spent 11 seasons as a player and scored 136 points (54 goals, 82 assists) in 709 livelihood games from 1991-2002.
–Field Level Media

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