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Teams coached by him in Dallas and Arizona had 97 or more points during the regular season eight times and won 50 games or more on three occasions. He most recently coached the Coyotes and was fired following the 2016-17 season. It was the fifth consecutive year Arizona failed to reach the playoffs.His hiring is the first major one made by Ken Holland as Oilers general manager. He took the job in Edmonton on May 7 after spending 22 years in the same role with the Detroit Red Wings.
Tippett, who is 57 and from Saskatchewan, will have the privilege of working in Edmonton with one of the game’s top players in Connor McDavid. The Oilers are also blessed to have a 50-goal-scorer in Leon Draisaitl and top young defencemen in Oscar Klefbom and Darnell Nurse. Holland was under pressure to hire a head coach because the league’s entry draft is only three weeks away. Edmonton has the eighth selection in the first round on June 21.Last week the club fired Duane Sutter as head of pro-scouting. Craig MacTavish also left a front-office position to become head coach of the KHL’s Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.
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