LAVAL, Quebec — The Montreal Canadiens have signed coach Martin St. Louis to a multiyear extension.
The team announced the deal without revealing how long St. Louis now is under contract.
St. Louis, 51, has guided the upstart Canadiens to consecutive playoff berths, including a trip last year’s Eastern Conference final, after beginning his tenure during a full-scale rebuild.
Montreal hired St. Louis in on an interim basis following Dominique Ducharme’s dismissal in February 2022, taking on his first-ever role behind an NHL bench after previously coaching at the youth level.
A Hall of Fame winger as a player, he had the interim tag removed at the…
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