Magnitka extends Keenan’s contract

Metallurg head coach Mike Keenan, who guided the Magnitogorsk men to victory in last season’s Gagarin Cup and won the Coach of the Year award in the process, has signed a deal extending his current contract to the end of the 2015-16 season. Keenan’s assistants, Ilya Vorobyov and Mike Pelino, have also had their contracts extended by one year.