faba Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Devils Hire Brent Sutter As Coach By TOM CANAVAN, AP Sports Writer document.write(getElapsed("20070713T171637Z"));29 minutes agoUPDATED 16 MINUTES AGO NEWARK, N.J. - Brent Sutter was hired as the coach of the three-time Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils on Friday, taking over one of the NHL's least secure jobs. The 45-year-old Sutter will be the Devils' 14th coach in 26 seasons in New Jersey, and he will try next season to become the first to finish a season since Pat Burns in 2003-04. Days later, cancer forced Burns to step down. After the 2004-05 lockout season, Larry Robinson lasted half a season before resigning and being replaced by Devils president and general manager Lou Lamoriello. Claude Julien got the job last summer and had the Devils in first place with three games left in the regular season when Lamoriello fired him because he didn't like the way the team was playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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