Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan agreed to a contract extension through the 2022-23 season on Friday.
Sullivan’s extension 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 delivering four 100-plus-point seasons together with our team,” Pittsburgh general manager Jim Rutherford said in a statement. “To acquire back-to-back Cups in this age speaks volumes of him as a trainer. His instincts in handling the inter-workings of our staff both on and off the ice was remarkable.”
The 51-year-old Sullivan is 174-92-34 as trainer of the Penguins with all the club hitting the playoffs at all four seasons. Pittsburgh won the Stanley Cup at 2016 and 2017, making Sullivan the first American-born trainer to win multiple Stanley Cups.
The Penguins have won an NHL-best 38 playoff games during his tenure despite being swept in the first round of the 2019 playoffs by the New York Islanders.
“Mike has proven he is a tremendous leader for our team,” Penguins staff president and CEO David Morehouse said in an announcement. “Our confidence in him as a coach has continued to grow since winning back Stanley Cups in his first couple of decades. Mike has a championship mindset and he is the ideal guy for our staff, the organization 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 because of the NHL lockout. He went 29-37-16 in his final season in Boston.
Before getting into coaching, Sullivan spent 11 seasons as a player and scored 136 points (54 goals, 82 assists) in 709 career games from 1991-2002.
–Field Level Media
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