Julien

The Sporting News today announced that Boston Bruins head coach Claude Julien has been voted its Coach of the Year.

The magazine lauded the Bruins’ bench boss as follows: “Julien, whose team posted a gaudy 53-19-10 record and 116 points in his second season at the helm, molded the Bruins into a league power by instituting a more offensive style and an effective blueprint for dealing with players.”

Julien is a finalist for the league’s coach of the year award — the Jack Adams Trophy — which was voted on my the league’s broadcasters and will be presented June 18 at NHL Awards Night in Las Vegas.