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Blue Jackets sign Monsters coach Jared Bednar to two-year extension
- Updated: July 19, 2016
COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have extended the contract of Lake Erie Monsters Head Coach Jared Bednar for two years through the 2018-19 season, club Assistant General Manager Bill Zito announced today. In addition, the club announced the hiring of Blake Geoffrion as Monsters assistant general manager and Steve McCarthy as assistant coach, while Manny Legace will return to the club as goaltending coach.
Bednar, 44, led the Monsters to a 15-2 record during the playoffs and the first Calder Cup championship in club history, and the first by a Blue Jackets’ AHL affiliate, in 2016 following a 43-22-6-5 record during the regular season. Named the head coach of the Springfield Falcons in June 2014, Bednar has led Columbus’ AHL affiliates to an 81-50-14-7 (.602) mark in two seasons. He guided the Falcons to a 38-28-8-2 record in 2014-15 after spending the previous two seasons as the club’s assistant coach.
Prior to joining the organization, Bednar served as the head coach of the AHL’s Peoria Rivermen from 2010-12 and led the club to a record of 81-63-5-7. In 308 AHL games, he has amassed a record of 162-113-19-14 (.580). In 2008-09, the Yorktown, Saskatchewan native led the South …
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