(St. Paul, MN) — Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin announced the National Hockey League club has signed Head Coach Dean Evason and the entire coaching staff including Assistant Coaches Darby Hendrickson, Brett McLean and Bob Woods, Goaltending Coach Frederic Chabot and Video Coaches T.J. Jindra and Jonas Plumb to multi-year contract extensions.
Evason, 57, was named full-time Head Coach of the Minnesota Wild on July 13, 2020 after being named interim Head Coach on Feb. 14, 2020. He has led the Wild to a 62-29-7 record (.668) in 98 games as Head Coach. Minnesota ranks fourth in the N-H-L goals scored (332), T-4th in wins, sixth in point percentage (.668) and T-7th in points (131) since Feb. 14, 2020. During that time, Minnesota has registered four winning streaks of five games or more. The Wild are next on the ice for the Winter Classic on Saturday night at 6 P-M against the Blues from Target Field.