(Raleigh) The Carolina Hurricanes have signed a multi-year contract extension with head coach Rod Brind’Amour and his assistants.
The team announced the news on Sunday.
Brind’Amour’s deputies are Jeff Daniels and Tim Gleason. The agreement also includes goalkeeping coach Paul Schonfelder and video instructor Chris Huffine.
“Rod has played a crucial role in the team’s success over the past six years,” said president and general manager Don Waddell, in a press release. Since joining our organization 24 years ago, Rod has embodied what it means to be a member of the Hurricanes. We hope to make him a member of our organization for life. »
Brind’Amour was in the final year of a contract signed in 2021, when he won the Jack Adams Trophy as the NHL’s most outstanding head coach. His future was a subject of rumors throughout the NHL, although Brind’Amour and Waddell said they were confident they would find common ground.
“I never doubted he would be back,” Hurricanes center Sebastian Aho said at the start of the day, when the deal was reported on social media. I’m not surprised. »
Brind’Amour inherited the team in 2018, after a ninth straight season without participation in the playoffs. Since then, the Hurricanes have made six straight playoff appearances under the team’s captain when they won the Stanley Cup in 2006.
The Hurricanes have even won at least one series in each of the last six springs, a first since the Detroit Red Wings accomplished the feat from 1995 to 2000. The Hurricanes reached the Eastern final twice during this period. sequence.
However, the team was held back in six games by the New York Rangers in the second round this spring.
Brind’Amour, who is 53 years old, joined the Hurricanes organization in January 2000, following a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers. He played with that team until he retired in 2010. He then spent seven seasons as an assistant coach before being promoted to head coach.
“He is one of the reasons why the tide turned within the organization when I arrived here,” said defenseman Jaccob Slavin at the start of the day Sunday.