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Jon Cooper, Lightning Agree to New Contract: Latest Details, Comments, Reaction

Published by Bleacher Report on Fri, 04 Dec 2015


The Tampa Bay Lightning announcedFriday they signed head coach Jon Cooper to a multiyear extension.Figures of the deal have not been released yet. Cooper, who was in the final year of his contract with the team, is coming off of a 2014-15 season in which he led the Lightning to their second-ever Eastern Conference championship.While it fell short in the Stanley Cup Final against the Chicago Blackhawks, it was the first time in franchise history the team won 50 games in a single season.Now, four years into his first head coaching gig at the NHL level, Cooper is 112-70-23 with the Lightning, and he was a 2014 finalist for the Jack Adams Award given to the league's best head coach.Guiding a team packed with talent, including Steven Stamkos, Victor Hedman and Tyler Johnson, Cooper knows that he's in a good situation in Tampa, as he told the media Friday, per theTampa Bay Times'Joe Smith:The Lightning have struggled this season, though, starting the campaign with a 12-11-3 record, and they are currently in 11th place in the Eastern Conference.But a vote of confidence like this from general manager and hockey legend Steve Yzerman solidifies the fact that Cooper will be in Tampa Bay's future for a while.Stats courtesy of Hockey-Reference.com.
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