HEAD COACH
Jim Montgomery is in his second season behind the Boston bench, having been named the 29th head coach in team history on July 1, 2022. He joined the Bruins organization following two seasons as an assistant coach with the St. Louis Blues from 2020-2022.

In his first season at the Boston helm, he led the club to the best single-season record in NHL history with a 65-12-5 record, 135 points and .823 win percentage and also led the league with a +128 goal differential. He was named as the winner of the 2022-23 Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s Coach of the Year, and he became the fifth winner of that award in Bruins history.

He began his NHL coaching career when he was named as the head coach of the Dallas Stars in May, 2018 and in 2018-19, he led the Stars to their first playoff berth in three years. He compiled a 60-43-10 record and .575 win percentage in 113 games behind the Dallas bench and he enters this season with a total NHL record of 125-55-15 and .679 win percentage in 195 career games coached.

The native of Montreal began his coaching career as an assistant coach with both Notre Dame University in 2005-06 and RPI for four seasons from 2006-2010. He was named the head coach in Dubuque of the USHL in 2010 and won Clark Cup championships in two of his three seasons with the Fighting Saints with a .698 win percentage in that span.

He then moved to the University of Denver as head coach for five seasons from 2013-2018 with a 125-57-26 record in 208 games behind that bench. He guided the team to appearances in the NCAA Frozen Four in 2016 and won the title in 2017. He was also the NCAA Coach of the Year in that championship season.

Montgomery played four seasons of college hockey at the University of Maine, concluding his college career as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 103-198=301 totals in 170 games. He earned Hockey East championships in 1992 and 1993 and won the 1993 NCAA title while taking the tournament Most Valuable Player honors. He is one of three Black Bears in team history to have his number retired.

He played professionally for 12 seasons over four leagues in addition to stints in Germany and Russia. He had nine goals and 25 assists for 34 points in 122 NHL games with St. Louis, Montreal, Philadelphia, San Jose and Dallas. He also had 165-328=493 totals in 451 career AHL contests. He retired as a player after the 2004-05 season.