The Ottawa Senators have rewarded head coach Cory Clouston with a two-year contract through the 2010-11 season.
Clouston took over the for the fired Craig Hartsburg on February 2 with the Senators mired in last place in the Northeast Division at 17-24-7. While Ottawa will miss the playoffs for the first time since the 1995-96 campaign, the team has responded to the coaching change by producing a mark of 19-10-3 under Clouston.
The announcement comes after the Senators extended their home winning streak to nine games with a 3-2 win over Boston on Tuesday night. Ottawa has won its last three games overall -- beating playoff contenders Philadelphia and Montreal in addition to Tuesday's triumph -- and will close the season with games against New Jersey on Thursday at home and at Toronto on Saturday.
Clouston was in his second season as head coach of Ottawa's AHL affiliate in Binghamton when he got the call to take over behind the parent club's bench. He had a record of 59-48-12-8 with Binghamton after spending five years as head coach at Kootenay of the Western Hockey League.
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