Ducks' Boudreau on Game 7 woes: 'I don't win them, and I don't think I'm losing them'
Bruce Boudreau doesn't believe his lack of success in Game 7s is a reflection of his coaching ability.
Boudreau became the first head coach in NHL history to lose six Game 7s when his Anaheim Ducks lost 5-3 to the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night. He is 1-6 in seventh games over his career.
The veteran bench boss is also the only coach to lose Game 7s on home ice in three straight seasons, which he has now done with both the Ducks and the Washington Capitals.
"I don't win them, and I don't think I'm losing them," he told Sportsnet 590 The FAN on Monday. "At the same time, people are going to say what they want to say."
Boudreau doesn't think his record is indicative of anything.
"I (have) got to believe that isn't. People love to relay bad stats to people and say things."
Boudreau reminded hosts Bob McCown and Arash Madani that he won a championship in double-overtime of a seventh game with the ECHL's Mississippi Sea Wolves, and won the AHL's Calder Cup in Game 7 with the Hershey Bears.
"So it's not a question of me, I think," he said. "(Chicago Blackhawks head coach) Joel Quenneville lost two of the last three Game 7s he (coached), so things happen."
The Ducks signed Boudreau to a two-year contract extension last fall. He is under contract through the 2016-17 season.