Bruins name former winger Marco Sturm head coach

Los Angeles Kings assistant coach Marco Sturm walks off the ice at the end of the second period against the San Jose Sharks in an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018.

The Boston Bruins hired Marco Sturm as coach on Thursday to help the Original Six franchise get back to the playoffs after missing them for the first time since 2016.

The Bruins picked the 46-year-old German to replace interim coach Joe Sacco, who took over from Jim Montgomery in November and led the team to a 25-30-7 record — much of it after a trade deadline roster purge.

Sturm, who spent the past three seasons as head coach of the AHL’s Ontario Reign and coached Germany to a silver medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, is a former Boston player

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