Bruins Add Doug Jarvis To Coaching Staff

Doug Jarvis (left), pictured during his tenure with the Canadiens, has become Boston's newest assistant coach.

Working as the main director behind the Boston Bruins’ stellar penalty-killing unit along with the defensive unit upon his arrival in 2007, the B’s knew they had their work cut out for them in their effort to replace Boston assistant coach turned Thrashers head coach Craig Ramsay. Now, with training camp just over a month away, the Boston Bruins have apparently found their suitable replacement with this afternoons hiring of Doug Jarvis.

A decorated forward throughout a  playing career that included four Stanley Cup victories with the Montreal Canadiens, a Selke Trophy in 1984, and an NHL-record 964 consecutive games played, Jarvis’ coaching career began with the Minnesota/Dallas (North)Stars where he would eventually win a Stanley Cup as an assistant in the 1999 season.

Making the move back to the city of Montreal this time as a coach to join the Habs’ staff in 2005 under at-the-time Canadiens coach and current Bruins coach Claude Julien. While Julien’s tenure with the post-lockout Habs would be short-lived, Jarvis would stay with the Canadiens until the end of the 2008-09 season.

Under Jarvis, where he served a role similar to the departed Ramsay, the Habs’ penalty-kill had an average 83.2 kill percentage compared to the Bruins’ 82.4 percentage during Ramsay’s tenure.

While it’s unfair to compare those clubs directly as Jarvis and Ramsay simply specialized in coaching those units, one has to imagine that Boston’s penalty-kill unit led by 6’9″ behemoth Zdeno Chara may become even stronger under Jarvis.

Also have to figure that Jarvis is happy to be out of reach of Canadiens goaltender Carey Price.

Pow, right in the kisser.

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