TAMPA, Fla. -- After nearly four years since being fired by the Tampa Bay Lightning, Guy Boucher returns to face his old team Thursday.
Boucher enjoyed his first NHL head coaching job with Tampa Bay when he was hired by Steve Yzerman at the start of the 2010-11 season, promptly leading the Lightning to within a victory of reaching the Stanley Cup Final, falling in seven games to the Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference finals.
Less than two seasons later, Boucher was fired and replaced by Jon Cooper, who led the Lightning to the 2015 Stanley Cup Final.