Stanley Cup Final will be 1st to feature 2 American head coaches
Peter Laviolette and Mike Sullivan are about to make history.
In coaching the Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stanley Cup Final, the two will serve as combatants in the first battle of two American-born bench bosses in the championship series.
Six U.S.-born coaches have won Cup:
- Stephen Whyno (@SWhyno) May 26, 2017
Sullivan 2016
Bylsma 2009
Laviolette 2006
Tortorella 2004
Johnson 1991
Stewart 1938
First US-US Final.
Both Laviolette and Sullivan will also be vying for their second Cups as a head coach, with the latter winning with the Penguins last season and the former with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006.
Laviolette also led the Philadelphia Flyers to the Final in 2010.
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