Jared Bednar to Avalanche: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction

August 25th, 2016 by Timothy Rapp Leave a reply »
The Colorado Avalanche announced Thursday that Jared Bednar would be the team's new head coach, two weeks after former head coach and vice president of hockey operations Patrick Roy resigned. 

Executive vice president and general manager Joe Sakic spoke about the hire on the team's official website:

After profiling the type of coach I wanted for our team and going through an interview process with several good candidates, I believe that Bednar is the best person to lead this team behind the bench. Jared's track record of success as a head coach in the American Hockey League speaks for itself and he is considered to be one of the top up-and-coming coaches in our business.

Even though we had to accelerate the process with training camp approaching, we feel we met some real strong candidates with a lot of potential to become head coaches in the NHL in the near future. I would like to thank the general managers who gave us permission to talk to key staff members at such a precarious time.

Mike Chambers of the Denver Post reported that Bednar and Colorado agreed on a three-year contract.

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