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Coyotes Sign Playfair and Peters to Multi-Year Contract Extensions
- Updated: August 9, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, August 9, 2016
GLENDALE, ARIZONA – Arizona Coyotes General Manager John Chayka announced today that the Coyotes have signed Jim Playfair and Steve Peters to multi-year contract extensions. As per club policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed.
“We are very pleased to sign Jim to a multi-year extension,” said Chayka. “Jim has done an outstanding job developing our young defensemen and he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our bench. We are thrilled to have him back for several more seasons.”
Playfair enters his sixth season as the Coyotes Associate Coach. In his five seasons in Arizona, Playfair has assisted with the development of Coyotes’ defensemen Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Connor Murphy and Michael Stone.
Playfair joined the Coyotes on June 7, 2011 from Calgary where he spent 11 years as a coach with the Flames organization. He was named the 14th head coach in franchise history on July 12, 2006. In his only season behind the bench (2006-07), Playfair led Calgary to an impressive 43-29-10 record (96 points) in the Northwest Division. He also served as …
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