Dan Muse was hired as coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday.

The 42-year-old replaces Mike Sullivan and will coach for the first time in the NHL. He was a New York Rangers assistant the past two seasons.

The Penguins were 34-36-12 and finished 11 points behind the Montreal Canadiens for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference, the third straight season they did not qualify, after qualifying for 16 straight seasons.

Muse coached USA Hockey's National Team Development Program for three seasons before joining Peter Laviolette's staff with the Rangers. He was also a Nashville Predators assistant under Laviolette from 2017-20, led Chicago of the United States Hockey League to the 2017 Clark Cup and an assistant for the 2013 NCAA National Champio

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