Despite three consecutive first-round exits in the Stanley Cup playoffs, Ken Hitchcock will return to coach the St. Louis Blues in 2015-16.
According to the team's official Twitter account, the organization agreed to a one-year deal with the 63-year-old native of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada:
General manager Doug Armstrong and Hitchcock addressed the media on Tuesday. The St. Louis Blues passed along comments from the press conference:
Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch provided more comments from Armstrong:
Hitchcock sports a .671 winning percentage in four seasons with the Blues, but they have never advanced past the second round of the playoffs despite their regular-season success.
The veteran coach is no stranger to going the distance, though, as he led the Dallas Stars to a Stanley Cup championship in 1999 and a repeat appearance in 2000. He has done well in stints with the Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets and Blues since then, but postseason runs have largely eluded him.
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Article written by Mike Chiari