Chris Drury finally got his man.
Days after parting ways with the Pittsburgh Penguins, two-time Stanley Cup winner Mike Sullivan will become the 38th head coach in New York Rangers history, the team announced Friday.
The 57-year-old will replace Peter Laviolette, who was let go on April 19 after only two seasons on the job.
The Rangers are hoping for more longevity this time around, with the Sullivan hire ending a multi-year pursuit for Drury. The newly extended president/general manager had him at the top of his wish list in each of the previous two coaching cycles − in 2021 when he hired Gerard Gallant and in 2023 when he landed on Laviolette − but Sullivan was entrenched in Pittsburgh, where he spent 10 seasons while compiling a 409-255-89 record and winning back-to-back championships in 2016 and 2017.