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The Ottawa Senators have hired Guy Boucher as their new head coach.
Boucher is now the proud owner of a three year contract.
Boucher will now frustrate division foes with his agitating 1-3-1 defensive posture.
"We wanted a great coach and this process yielded our top pick. I couldn't be happier," Senators owner Eugene Melnyk said in a statement released by the Sens.
Boucher will formally introduced at a presser on Monday afternoon.
Boucher coached the Tampa Bay Lightning beginning in 2010-11. He guided the Bolts to the Eastern Conference finals in his first season. He was 97-78-20 overall in Tampa Bay before being fired midway through the 2012-13 season.
Boucher most recently coached at SC Bern in Switzerland for parts of three seasons before he was fired in November.
The Senators also interviewed Bruce Boudreau this weekend.
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Canada improved to 2-0 at the IIHF World Championships by feasting on Hungary 7-1 on Mother's Day.
Florida Panthers prospect Mike Matheson led the way with a goal and two assists. Mark Scheifele, Mark Stone, Derick Brassard, and Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist apiece. Captain Corey Perry and Brad Marchand also lit th e amp.
"We have to get a little bit better every period, every game," Perry told IIHF.com. "I thought we did that in the second and third."
Connor McDavid jumped onto the score sheet with a two assist performance.
Canada cruised to the win after Istvan Bartalis scored for Hungary to make it 2-1
Canadian goalie Calvin Pickard won his IIHF World Championship debut for Canada, which outshot Hungary 36-22. The Canadians, who defeated the U.S. 5-1 in their opener, have outscored their opposition 12-2 through two games in Group B.
It was the fourth all-time World Championship meeting between these two countries. For Hungary, it was an improvement over their only previous modern-day encounter, a 9-0 loss on April 26, 2009 in Switzerland. Hungary fell 3-1 to Canada in 1933 and earned a 1-1 tie in 1938.
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