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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Randy Carlyle had little interest in coaching during his NHL playing days as a hard-nosed defenseman. The Anaheim Ducks are still grateful he finally picked up the coaching bug.

Carlyle agreed to a new three-year contract extension with the Ducks on Monday, keeping the winningest coach in franchise history under contract through the 2013-14 season.

Carlyle has been behind Anaheim's bench for most of the 1993 expansion franchise's biggest moments. He has coached the Ducks since August 2005, going 266-169-57 and leading the club to its only Stanley Cup championship in 2007.

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