The United States and Canada met on Saturday at Bell Centre as part of the 4 Nations Face-Off, the first international tournament to feature exclusively NHL players since the World Cup of Hockey in 2016.
In addition to celebrating his 700th game as head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Mike Sullivan tied Art Ross for most wins with a single franchise.
Will be 21st in NHL history to reach milestone with 1 team against Maple Leafs on Saturday.
Coach likes speed, skill, size of roster, which will be announced in full Wednesday.
Pittsburgh Penguins’ Mike Sullivan is the second longest-tenured bench boss in the NHL. But he is also just one of eight American-born head coaches.
John Tortorella and David Quinn have been named assistant coaches for the 2025 U.S. Men’s National Team.
Mike Sullivan has been named the head coach of Team USA for the 2025 Four Nations Face-Off and the 2026 United States Men’s Olympic Hockey Team.
San Jose Sharks head coach David Quinn will face his good friend Mike Sullivan for the 16th time tonight.
The four longest-tenured coaches in the NHL are Jon Cooper (hired in 2013), Mike Sullivan (2015), Jared Bednar (2016), and Rod Brind’Amour (2018).
When former Penguins’ General Manager Jim Rutherford promoted Mike Sullivan to be the Penguins’ head coach on December 15, 2015, he knew what he was getting.
Being an assistant coach in the NHL is a pretty sweet gig. You get paid less than the top guy, for sure, but you also get fewer hours, fewer meetings, fewer non-hockey responsibilities, fewer headaches.
Sullivan says facing Bruins in ballpark of his youth ‘thrill of a lifetime’.
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