Predators extend head coach Peter Laviolette for two seasons

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The Nashville Predators extended the contract of head coach Peter Laviolette for two more seasons, the team announced.

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Laviolette is entering his third season as coach of the Predators. They reached the second round of the NHL playoffs in 2015-16 after losing in the first round the year prior. Laviolette’s regular season record over that time is 88-52-24.

The veteran coach of 14 seasons is 477-334-112 over his career with the New York Islanders, Carolina Hurricanes — with which he won the Stanley Cup in 2006 — the Philadelphia Flyers, and the Predators.

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