Reuters: Sports News: Champion Blackhawks sign coach Quenneville to extension

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Champion Blackhawks sign coach Quenneville to extension Jul 26th 2013, 21:13 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Devils sign veteran right wing Jagr Tue, Jul 23 2013 Former MVP Braun banned rest of season for doping Mon, Jul 22 2013 Players get green light to compete in Sochi Olympics Fri, Jul 19 2013 League unveils 2013-14 schedule with new alignment Fri, Jul 19 2013 Kings sign captain Brown to eight-year extension Thu, Jul 18 2013 Analysis & Opinion Rupee spoils holidays abroad for Indians, but not for all Chicago's season of wins Chicago Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville listens to a question from a reporter in Chicago, Illinois, June 21, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Jeff Haynes Fri Jul 26, 2013 5:13pm EDT (Reuters) - The Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks have retained head coach Joel Quenneville on a three-year contract extension, the National Hockey League (NHL) team said on Friday. Quenneville, who led the Blackhawks to Stanley Cups titles in 2010 and 2013, will remain behind the Chicago bench through the end of the 2016-17 NHL season. The 54-year-old became the franchise's 37th head coach in October 2008 and has since compiled a 222-106-44 record in 372 regular-season games. Under Quenneville, Chicago set a league record last season with 77 points in a lockout-shortened 48-game season with a .802 points percentage, the fifth-best of all time. Chicago also set an NHL record with a 24-game point streak to launch their 2012-13 campaign. One of only two men in league history to have played in 800 or more games and have coached 1,000 or more games, Quenneville has notched at least 40 wins in 11 of his 12 full seasons as a head coach. (Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing by Frank Pingue) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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