"DENVER - The Montreal Canadiens announced Monday that head coach Martin St-Louis will return to the bench for Tuesday's game against the Colorado Avalanche.
St-Louis, who had been away from the team since March 16 to be with his family, joined the Canadiens in Denver on Monday. Assistant coach Trevor Letowski had been serving as interim coach in St-Louis's absence.
"I would like to thank Geoff Molson, Jeff Gorton, Kent Hughes, Trevor Letowski, as well as the players, coaches, and hockey operations staff for their understanding and support, thus facilitating my need to be with my family over the past few days," St-Louis said upon his return to the team. "Everyone within the Canadiens organization has been a great support to my wife, Heather, and me. [...]"
- Montreal Canadiens