DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche has given coach Jared Bednar a one-year contract extension and he'll be leading a young team that intends to get even younger, general manager Joe Sakic said Monday at his season-ending news conference at the Pepsi Center.
Bednar, who led the Avs to a 47-point improvement and the club's first playoff appearance in four years in his second year as coach, is now under contract through the 2019-2020 season.
He originally signed a three-year deal in August 2016 when he succeeded Patrick Roy.
"He's done an amazing job — the entire staff, in working with the players," Sakic said of Bednar and his assistants.