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Michael Sullivan (born February 27, 1968 in Marshfield, MA) is a former American head coach and center in the National Hockey League. He is currently assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Playing career

Sullivan played schoolboy hockey at Boston College High School and college hockey at Boston University Where he scored a game winning goal in the Beanpot Tournament. He was drafted 67th overall by the New York Rangers in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft. He elected to remain at BU to finish school, and in 1990, he began an 11 year NHL career in which he accumulated 54 goals, 82 assists, 136 points and 203 penalty minutes in 709 games.

Coaching career

Sullivan began coaching professional hockey during the 2002–2003 season, when he became the head coach of the Providence Bruins of the AHL. In his only season, his team had a 41–17–9–4 record.

He was hired as head coach by the Boston Bruins in 2003 by then-general manager Mike O'Connell. In his first season with the Bruins, he led them to a 41-19-15-7 record, 104 points and a first place finish in the Northeast Division. They lost however, in the first round of the playoffs to the Montreal Canadiens. After the lockout however, Sullivan and the Bruins struggled greatly in the new NHL, as they ended the seaon with a 29-37-16 record, missing the playoffs and finishing last in the Northeast Division. He was subsequently fired by incoming general manager Peter Chiarelli on 27 June 2006 and was replaced by Dave Lewis.

On May 31, 2007, he was named assistant coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning. He has also served as an assistant coach of the U.S. Olympic hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.

Personal

Sullivan and his wife, Kate, have three children, daughters Kaitlin and Kiley and son Matthew.

External links

• Mike Sullivan's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

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