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The Montreal Canadiens named it Pascal Vincent as the new coach of their American Hockey League team, the Laval Rocket.
Vincent, 52, spent the 2023-24 season as the head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets following two seasons as an associate coach.
Prior to joining Columbus, Vincent served as head coach of the AHL's Manitoba Moose from 2016 to 2021, guiding the team to a 155-139-18-13 record. He won the Louis AR Pieri Award as the AHL's top coach in 2017-18, and served as the Central Division coach in the 2018 AHL All-Star Classic.
The Laval native also spent five seasons as an assistant coach with the Winnipeg Jets from 2011 to 2016, and was a head coach in the QMJHL for 12 seasons with Cape Breton (1999-08) and Montreal (2008-11).
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