MONTREAL — Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis has taken an indefinite depart for household causes.
Assistant coach Trevor Letowski will run the workforce whereas St. Louis is away, the Canadiens mentioned Saturday.
With St. Louis behind the bench, Montreal had misplaced three of 4 going into Saturday evening’s 5-2 defeat by the hands of the Calgary Flames. That matchup was the opener of a five-game journey.
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St. Louis, 48, was employed as interim coach after the Canadiens fired Dominique Ducharme in February 2022. He signed a three-year contract extension in June 2022.
Earlier than teaching, St. Louis loved a stellar enjoying profession, gathering 1,033 factors (391 targets, 642 assists) in 1,134 regular-season video games with the Flames, Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Rangers.
He gained the Stanley Cup and the Hart Trophy because the league MVP with the Lightning in 2004 and was inducted into the Hockey Corridor of Fame in 2018.