Utah Mammoth head coach André Tourigny is known around the hockey world as "Bear."
After a tough game, he can sometimes bare his teeth — but when he gathered with reporters in the press conference room at the Mammoth Ice Center on Monday afternoon, his personality resembled that of a teddy bear more than a grizzly.
That's because he was there to talk about his fresh multi-year contract extension.
"I feel really blessed," Tourigny said after dishing his thanks to ownership, management and the players.
Coaching gigs in the NHL are anything but stable, so job security means a lot. Tourigny had one year remaining on his existing contract, and although terms of the extension were not announced, it does guarantee him several more years' worth of income.