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The New York Rangers appointed Mike Sullivan their new main trainer and 38th main coach in the franchise history.
Sullivan split with Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Rangers were moving quickly to hire a double coach Stanley Cup.
Renjers General Director Chris Drury felt like Sullivan made the most sense of being the next main coach of the team. He is also convinced that Sullivan would help reverse the team.
“Mike Sullivan established himself as one of the main major coaches in the NHL,” Drury said in a statement. “Given his many achievements during his coaching career – including two Stanley Cup and the leading team of the United States at international – Mike brings the presence at the championship level behind the bench.
“Over the years, I have met Mike very well, including teammates at the 1997 World Cup, when he trained me as a player in New York and through our common time working with the American hockey. As we started this procedure and Mike became an option for us, it was immediately clear that he was the best coach to run our team.
Jerk He was an assistant coach with the Rangers from 2009 to 2013.
Sullivan will now be the main coach of his third NHL team. He was the main coach with Boston Bruins in 2003, and lasted two seasons. He then took power as Pittsburgh Ponguins in 2015, winning Stanley Cup in his first two seasons.
The Rangers failed to play last season, ending the season with a record 39-36-7.
Mike Sullivan is considered to be one of the best coaches at NHL, and the Rangers are delighted to have hired him.
After the employment became official, Rangers owner James Dolan said he was excited to see Sullivan behind the bench and help New York to become a candidate for Stanley Cup.
“I would like to greet Mike back to Rangers organization,” said James L. Dolan, MSG Executive President -Ai Executive Director. “Mike records and success in the NHL in international level speaks for myself, and I look forward to seeing him behind the Rangers bench.”
Sullivan went 479-311-15-112 as the main coach at NHL. Was the coach of Ponguin for 10 seasons but after Pittsburgh The disbelief failure in three real years, the team decided to move on.
Edited by Cole Shelton