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Jon Cooper, Lightning Agree to New Contract: Latest Details, Comments, Reaction

The Tampa Bay Lightning announced Friday they signed head coach Jon Cooper to a multiyear extension.

Figures of the deal have not been released yet.

Cooper, who was in the final year of his contract with the team, is coming off of a 2014-15 season in which he led the Lightning to their second-ever Eastern Conference championship.

While it fell short in the Stanley Cup Final against the Chicago Blackhawks, it was the first time in franchise history the team won 50 games in a single season.

Now, four years into his first head coaching gig at the NHL level, Cooper is 112-70-23 with the Lightning, and he was a 2014 finalist for the Jack Adams Award given to the league's best head coach.