Hours after Claude Julien - the longest-tenured head coach in the NHL until Tuesday morning - was fired by the Boston Bruins, another bench boss of an Original Six team recorded a milestone win.
While it wasn't pretty, Alain Vigneault won his 600th regular-season game after the New York Rangers beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-1, despite being outshot 44-20.
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Vigneault becomes only the 15th coach to reach the 600-win milestone, according to the NHL, after coaching the Montreal Canadiens for four years, the Vancouver Canucks for seven, and the Rangers for four.
| Team | Record | Win% |
|---|---|---|
| Rangers | 178-98-23 | .634 |
| Canucks | 313-170-57 | .632 |
| Canadiens | 109-118-35-4 | .483 |
Vigneault won a Jack Adams Award as coach of the year in 2007, with the Canucks. He's come close to winning the Stanley Cup twice, his Canucks losing the final in seven games to the Boston Bruins in 2011 - to Julien, interestingly enough - and his Rangers losing the 2014 final to the Los Angeles Kings in five games.
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