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Calgary, AB (SportsNetwork.com) - The Calgary Flames have signed head coach Bob Hartley to a multi-year contract extension.
The deal was announced Wednesday, 33 games into Hartley's third season as the team's bench boss.
He was hired in May 2012 and has gone 71-79-13 with the Flames, who haven't made the playoffs since 2009.
The team has lost its last six games after starting this season 17-8-2.
Hartley, 54, has also coached the Colorado Avalanche and Atlanta Thrashers -- now the Winnipeg Jets -- winning 400 of his 813 career games as a coach.
He guided the Avalanche to a Stanley Cup title in 2001.
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