Mike Keenan, who hadn’t coached since 2009 with the Calgary Flames, took a job in Russia back in May with Kontinental Hockey League’s Metallurg Magnitogorsk.
The former Stanley Cup champion was mic’d up during the first period of a recent game against Traktor Chelyabinsk.
Traktor scored three unanswered goals in that period, and later went on to win 3-1.
Magnitogorsk, a perennial contender for the KHL championship, was eliminated in the quarter-finals last spring. The club served as the lockout home for NHLers Evgeni Malkin, Sergei Gonchar, Ryan O’Reilly and Nikolai Kulemin. Metallurg’s Mats Zuccarello rejoined the New York Rangers after the KHL season.
Keenan last coached professionally for the Calgary Flames from 2007 to 2009. He recorded his 600th career win with the Flames, but was fired with a year left on his contract after the Flames lost in the first round of playoffs for a second year.
