Jacques Martin expected to stay with Penguins after bid for head-coaching gig fails
Having struck out in his bid to win the head coaching job in Ottawa and Buffalo, assistant coach Jacques Martin is expected to remain with the Pittsburgh Penguins next season.
Martin, who has one year left on his contract, will return for his fifth straight season behind the Penguins bench, Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports in Quebec reported.
The Ottawa job went to former Toronto Maple Leafs assistant D.J. Smith on Thursday. Buffalo chose former Swiss national team coach Ralph Krueger earlier this month.
Martin, 66, works primarily with the team’s defense and penalty kill.
Jonathan Bombulie is the TribLive assistant sports editor. A Greensburg native, he was a hockey reporter for two decades, covering the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for 17 seasons before joining the Trib in 2015 and covering the Penguins for four seasons, including Stanley Cup championships in 2016-17. He can be reached at jbombulie@triblive.com.
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