The Montreal Canadiens announced Tuesday morning that Michel Therrien will be taking over behind the bench for the 2012-13 season. Therrien leaves his job as a television analyst for RDS to begin his second stint as Canadiens head coach, having broken in to the NHL with Montreal on Nov. 20, 2000 as a replacement for Alain Vigneault. [...]

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma has been fined $10,000 for Craig Adams actions in the final five minutes of Sunday’s Eastern Conference Quarterfinal playoff game against the Flyers in Philadelphia, the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety announced today. The fine money goes to the NHL Foundation.

Philadelphia Flyers coach Peter Laviolette was fined $10,000 Monday after calling out counterpart Dan Bylsma for sending out his checking line late in Philadelphia’s 6-3 win at Pittsburgh on Sunday. Penguins assistant Tony Granato, who stepped on the top of the side boards and in between the two head coaches, was also fined $2,500. The incident occurred at [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins could have an interest in dealing for Hal Gill of the Montreal Canadiens. Le journal de montreal reports coach Dan Bylsma would love to bring Gill back into the Penguins’ fold. The 36-year-old veteran defenseman is considered on the block for the Canadiens ahead of the trade deadline. According to capgeek.com, Penguins General Manager Ray Shero would have to move [...]

Yesterday we learned that Sidney Crosby would not be returning to the lineup this weekend. Today ESPN.com’s Craig Custance suggests the Penguins don’t plan on easing Crosby back in slowly when he does return to the ice: It’ll be very interesting to see how Dan Bylsma handles Sidney Crosby in his return to action, and we’ll all be microanalyzing [...]