The St. Louis Blues might not have picked up newly-minted Toronto Leafs coach Mike Babcock, but they got the second-best thing: a one-year contract for Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock.
The official Blues NHL site reported Tuesday that Hitchcock would return as St. Louis’ head coach for one year. Hitchcock is one of the winningest coaches in hockey and has taken the Blues to the postseason four straight years in a row. He has a .671 points percentage and under him the Blues posted the best NHL regular-season record of 175-29-27.
Despite this encouraging statistic, however, they have won only one playoff series under him.