Devils name Lemaire head coach

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NEWARK, N.J. — After six years without a Stanley Cup, the New Jersey Devils are handing over the team to the coach who led them to their first NHL title.

Jacques Lemaire, who coached the Devils for five seasons in the mid 1990s and led them to the Cup in 1995, is New Jersey’s coach again. He was hired on Monday, some five weeks after Brent Sutter resigned and eventually took over as coach

Brent Sutter set to coach Flames

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Sutter, the brother of general manager Darryl Sutter, resigned from the New Jersey Devils on June 9th, citing personal and family reasons.

Sutter spent two seasons behind the Devils’ bench, leading the team to the post-season both years, but failed to move on past the first round.

Habs hire Martin to be head coach

MONTREAL — General manager Bob Gainey felt it was time the Montreal Canadiens had some experience behind the bench.

Gainey announced the hiring of Jacques Martin as the Canadiens new head coach Monday, ending a string of five straight rookie coaches dating back to when Jacques Demers was fired in 1995.

“It was a priority for me to find a head coach that had seen a lot of situations,” Gainey said. “We love Montreal as a marketplace,

Roy turns down offer to coach Avs

QUEBEC — Patrick Roy has turned down an offer to become the head coach of the Colorado Avalanche.

The Hall of Fame goaltender said he phoned Avalanche president Pierre Lacroix late Tuesday night to tell him he wasn’t accepting the team’s offer due to family reasons.

“All I can say is that the Avalanche’s offer was more than interesting,” Roy told a news conference Wednesday inside Quebec City’s Colisee.

Roy, the

MacTavish done as Oilers coach

By MARK SPECTOR
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“We???re making a change a far as our head coach,” Oilers general manager Steve Tambellini told a press conference in Edmonton on Wednesday, the opening day of a National Hockey League playoff tournament that the Oilers are once again not part of.

“We need a new voice, a new start, new expectations, a new discipline. It???s time to look forward here,” he continued. “This is the right

Julien, McLellan to coach all-stars

NEW YORK — Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien will be behind the Eastern Conference bench and San Jose Sharks coach Todd McLellan will guide the Western Conference squad at the NHL all-star game in Montreal.

The all-star game is being held at the Bell Centre on Jan. 25. The NHL announced the selections on Saturday.

Julien has led Boston to its best start since 1929-30 and an Eastern Conference-leading 64 points entering

Coach: Penguins have lost priorities

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins held a players-only meeting following their fourth consecutive home loss, a 5-2 defeat to the Boston Bruins that exposed the many differences between them and the Eastern Conference leaders.

Coach Michel Therrien’s only reaction: What took them so long?

Taking an indirect shot at some of his stars, Therrien said the team that lost only two games in three conference playoff rounds

Quenneville loses debut as ‘Hawks coach

ST. LOUIS — Blues rookie T.J. Oshie scored the winning shootout goal, and St. Louis ruined the debut of Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville with a 4-3 victory Saturday night.

With St. Louis trailing 3-2 late in the third period, Andy McDonald tied it with just 13.9 seconds left. He took a pass from Paul Kariya and beat Nikolai Khabibulin for his first goal of the season.

Patrick Kane scored two goals and added an assist