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Behind the Ducks' bench for a second time, Carlyle has Anaheim surging down the stretch
Randy Carlyle has the Anaheim Ducks cruising in the Pacific Division and a playoff spot is all locked up.
But six months ago, the former NHL defenceman and longtime bench boss wasn’t sure what brand of hockey club he was about to begin coaching.
The Ducks were coming off another early exit in the playoffs, this time to the Nashville Predators in a 2016 first-round Western Conference series. Head coach Bruce Boudreau was out, the victim of one too many Game 7 losses, and Carlyle, a familiar face, was in.