|  Wys³any: 2019-01-14 03:27:01 Temat postu: Wild coach has had to navigate
MINNEAPOLIS -- Mike Yeos three-year run in Minnesota has been anything but easy. The Wild coach has had to navigate key injuries to his roster, his own growing pains in his first NHL head coaching job and the considerable expectations brought forth when the teams owner spent nearly $200 million on two players two summers ago. The Wild have improved under Yeo in each season, and Yeo has improved himself enough to earn the faith of the Wild leadership going forward. Yeo signed a multi-year contract extension with the Wild on Saturday, the team announced. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the agreement was expected after Yeo guided the team out of the first round of the playoffs for just the second time in franchise history in the final year of his original deal. He has gone 104-82-26 in three seasons with the Wild. "Mike has done a very good job the last three seasons as our head coach and we look forward to his leadership going forward," Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher said. Yeo was an unproven coach with no NHL head coaching track record to go by when Fletcher picked him to take over for Todd Richards three seasons ago. The Wild faded after a strong start to Yeos first season and never found a rhythm in his second year, an abbreviated 48-game schedule due to the lockout. The Wild did snap a five-season playoff drought in his second season, but were dominated by Chicago in a first-round defeat. His status was tenuous at best by New Years Eve last season, when the Wild lost their sixth straight game and Yeo felt compelled at the next practice to tell the players he wouldnt coach simply to save his job. But despite foot injuries that kept stars Zach Parise and Mikko Koivu and key defenceman Jared Spurgeon out for long stretches of the winter, Yeo helped hold the group together while the wins picked up. The Wild played all season with a carousel in the net, too, with four different goalies starting 10 games each or more. "There were times where the wheels couldve come off, and he kept it together," said defenceman Ryan Suter, one of several players to endorse Yeo after the season-ending loss to Chicago. The Wild solidified his status in the playoffs with a seven-game victory over Colorado in the first round when the Avalanche led 2-0 and 3-2 in the series. They gave the Blackhawks a fight, too, until falling in six games. The late-season surge, and Yeos impressive strategic decisions both rounds of the playoffs, gave Fletcher the faith that he had the right man for the job. 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"Im not doing enough to help them," Durant told The Oklahoman on Monday of his 28-9 team. "Im shooting too much. Im shooting too many threes. Im not helping them out at all. NASHVILLE -- Another game against Nashville, another win for Jonathan Bernier. Bernier made 36 saves and Phil Kessel had a goal and two assists to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs past the Predators 4-0 on Thursday night. James van Riemsdyk, Tyler Bozak and Joffrey Lupul also scored for the Maple Leafs, who have won four of five this season. Nashville has lost three of four. "I dont think were any different than any other team in the league," Toronto coach Randy Carlyle said. "To have success, your goalies got to give you a chance, its as simple as that. The one thing that Bernie did tonight, he stood tall in the nets and he didnt give up a lot of second opportunities." Bernier extended his domination of Nashville, improving his career record against the Predators to 8-1. He stopped eight shots in the first period, 17 in the second and 11 in the third for his first shutout this season and the seventh of his career. "I guess I feel pretty good playing against that team," Bernier said. "Its just a matter of luck a little bit, and guys are playing well in front of me." After a scoreless opening period, Kessel scored the first goal at 13:41 of the second. Following a faceoff in the Nashville zone, the puck went below the goal line on the right side. Van Riemsdyk quickly grabbed it and whipped a backhand pass to Kessel in the low slot, where he one-timed the puck by goalie Pekka Rinne. It was Kessels second goal of the season. He signed a $64 million, eight-year contract extension just before the start of the season. Moments before the end of the second period, Kessels shot hit Rinne up high and the rebound landed just to the right of the Nashville net. Rinne squatted down to cover it, but van Riemsdyk took the puck before Rinne could get his glovve on it and carried it around to the opposite side where he slid it into the open net.dddddddddddd. "I just tried to get my stick in there. I dont think he saw me coming," van Riemsdyk said. "I was able to poke it out and I think thats where the shorter nets come into play. So I think if you ask my opinion on them now, I think they are a pretty good part of the game." The goal came with 9 seconds remaining in the period. "The real killer was the second goal," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. "With 9 seconds to go, they score. If we get through that period 1-0, I think we might get a point." Late in the game, Nashville forward Mike Fisher was assessed a major for boarding and a game misconduct after hitting former Predators defenceman Cody Franson into the boards by the Toronto bench. Franson left a pool of blood on the ice and did not return. "It was just a hockey play," Fisher said. "First of all, hopefully hes OK. I felt bad he got hurt, but it was just a play where we kind of went into the glass. There was obviously no intent at all and very surprised to get a penalty. I didnt feel like it was a penalty. It cost the team, which is unfortunate. Obviously I was pretty fired up after they called it." Bozak and Lupul scored on the ensuing power play. After the game, Carlyle said Fransons visor cut the bridge of his nose, but there was no further update. NOTES: It was only the fifth time the Maple Leafs played in Nashville, the fewest of any NHL team. ... LW Josh Leivo and LW David Broll made their NHL debuts. Broll fought with Nashville C Matt Hendricks in the second period. ... Nashville has allowed the first goal in all four games this season. It was the 15th anniversary of the first game in Predators history. 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Wild coach has had to navigate
