Sunday, May 8, 2016

Ottawa Senators hire Guy Boucher as club's next head coach


The Ottawa Senators have their new head coach. The team announced today that they have hired Guy Boucher to be the club’s next head coach. Boucher agreed to a three year deal, with the financial terms not being announced. The hire was made 24 hours after Minnesota hired Bruce Boudreau, who was said to be high on the Sens list.

 Boucher, is the 12th coach in franchise history, and he takes over for Dave Cameron. Boucher was said to be the number one target of Ottawa.

“Over the past three weeks, Pierre Dorion and our hockey operations staff have undertaken a thorough and comprehensive search for our next head coach. Following a detailed evaluation of all coaching candidates, there was overwhelming consensus that Guy was our top candidate,” said Senators owner Eugene Melnyk. “We wanted a great coach and this process yielded our top pick. I couldn’t be happier. On behalf of the entire Senators organization, the great city of Ottawa and our fans, I want to welcome Guy.” 

Boucher will be formally introduced in a news conference on Monday. Boucher will be in his second stint in the NHL. He last coached the Tampa Bay Lightning.

 He led them to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2011. Boucher finished with an overall record of 97-78-20 before being let go in the middle of the 2012-2013 season. "Guy is a very bright, innovative young coach," Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman said. "It's great to see him back in the NHL." 

Boucher recently coached at SC Bern in Switzerland for parts of three seasons. He went 44-29-5 before being fired in November. The only team that has a coaching vacancy as of now is the Anaheim Ducks. 

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