Blackhawks head coach Jeremy Colliton told the media Tuesday he has a three-year contract that runs through the 2020-21 season. The deal is worth around $1.4 million, reports Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.
Colliton has guided the Blackhawks to a 3-4-2 start in nine games since taking over Nov. 6 for Joel Quenneville, who was fired after going 6-6-3 to start the season.
Quenneville, who won the Stanley Cup three times with the Blackhawks in 2010, 2013 and 2015, had been with the team since 2008 and was the NHL’s longest-tenured coach.
Colliton was promoted from Chicago’s AHL affiliate in Rockford. He led the IceHogs to their first Western Conference Final appearance in franchise history this past spring.
Before joining the Blackhawks organization, Colliton spent four seasons as the head coach of Mora IK in Sweden.
There have been four NHL coaching changes this month: Los Angeles, Chicago, St. Louis and Edmonton. Colliton and Ken Hitchcock (Oilers) do not have an interim tag, while Willie Desjardins (Kings) and Craig Berube (Blues) do.