Former Halifax Mooseheads bench boss Ducharme signed a 3 year deal on Tuesday to become the 31st head coach in Montreal Canadiens history. The Joliette, QC native was named interim coach of the Habs back on February 24th and led the team to a Stanley Cup finals berth.
"Dominique has managed to set his system in place and establish himself as a head coach in a very unusual season with challenging circumstances. While our team has gone through its fair share of adversity, he has shown a lot of control over the situation as well as showing calm and great leadership. These are important qualities that we look for in a head coach and he fully deserves the chance to lead our team and take it to the next level", said general manager Marc Begevin.
Ducharme coached the Mooseheads for 5 seasons, 2011-2016, before moving onto the Drummondville Voltigeurs. The 48 year old hoisted the President Cup and Memorial Cup with Halifax in 2013. Congrats to Dom on the new contract.
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