Dean Evason signed a multiyear contract extension to remain coach of the Minnesota Wild on Thursday.
The 57-year-old is 62-29-7 in three seasons since replacing Bruce Boudreau as coach Feb. 14, 2020. The Wild’s 62 wins under Evason are tied with the Tampa Bay Lightning for fourth-most in the NHL during that span, behind the Vegas Golden Knights (71), Colorado Avalanche (65) and Carolina Hurricanes (63).
The Wild are 19-9-2, second in the eight-team Central Division, one point behind the St. Louis Blues this season. They host the Blues in the 2022 Discover NHL Winter Classic at Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins, on Saturday (7 p.m. ET; TNT, SN1, TVAS, NHL LIVE).
Last season the Wild finished third in the eight-team Honda West Division and Evason was second in voting for the Jack Adams Award as NHL coach of the year, behind Rod Brind’Amour of the Hurricanes.
The Wild reached the Stanley Cup Playoffs in each of Evason’s first two seasons. They lost to the Vancouver Canucks in four games in the best-of-5 Stanley Cup Qualifiers in 2020 and lost to the Golden Knights in seven games in the best-of-7 Stanley Cup First Round last season.
Assistants Darby Hendrickson, Brett McLean and Bob Woods, goaltending coach Frederic Chabot and video coaches T.J. Jindra and Jonas Plumb also signed multiyear contract extensions.
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