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Montreal Canadiens announce Michel Therrien as new head coach

Postmedia News, Jun 5 2012

MONTREAL — For Habs fans, it’s a case of back to the future.

The Montreal Canadiens confirmed on their website Tuesday morning that the club has rehired Michel Therrien as its head coach.

Therrien coached the Habs almost a decade ago, and was let go after a tenure that spanned less than three seasons.

The team has scheduled a news conference Tuesday afternoon.

The 48-year-old coached the Pittsburgh Penguins from 2005 to 2009.

He was fired in February 2009, and his replacement, Dan Bylsma, led the Penguins to the Stanley Cup that spring.

Therrien’s Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playing career began in the 1980-81 season with the Quebec Remparts. His ice time as a player ended 1986-87, with the Baltimore Skipjacks of the American Hockey League.

He never played in the National Hockey League.

Therrien had reportedly been in the running in a race to coach the Canadiens that had been narrowed to two candidates.

The other was apparently Marc Crawford, with former goaltending great Patrick Roy having slipped off the radar of new general manager Marc Bergevin during the past few days.

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