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MONTREAL -- The Montreal Canadiens wasted no time locking up the head coach who has led them to the Eastern Conference final. Montreal re-signed Michel Therrien to a four-year contract extension Saturday, two weeks after the Canadiens were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs. "It really shows the stability that (general manager) Marc Bergevin and (owner) Geoff Molson want to establish with the Canadiens," said Therrien on a conference call. "Weve progressed a lot over the past two years and we want to continue to progress. Its a sign of confidence." Therrien, who has coached the Canadiens for the past two seasons, has one year remaining on his contract before the extension kicks in. The 50-year-old led Montreal to the playoffs twice in the last two years, falling to the Ottawa Senators in five games in the first round of the 2012-13 post-season and following that with a six-game East final loss to the New York Rangers this year. Therrien said his team still needs to learn how to be a successful playoff team, and referred to the Chicago Blackhawks and Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings as examples. "We have a good group of young veterans. I really like the chemistry at the core of our team. The players have really bought into the team concept," said Therrien, who offered little on pending free agents Andrei Markov and captain Brian Gionta. "Im really satisfied with the progress we did the last two years. Regarding if theres going to be any changes for the next year, thats the business of the game. And I know one thing for sure, Marc Bergevin is working really hard to improve our hockey team." Therriens new contract wasnt a surprise. Bergevin had previously confirmed that Therrien would be back behind Montreals bench. Therrien coached the Canadiens for parts of the 2000-03 seasons, and was 77-77-22-14 over that span. He was 75-42-13 over the past two years. Prior to his second stint with Montreal, Therrien coached the Pittsburgh Penguins for parts of four seasons, making it to the Stanley Cup final in 2008 before losing to the Detroit Red Wings in six games. Hes hopeful the Canadiens take another step forward next season. "Were constantly adjusting," he said. "We do it from one month to the next, and from one year to the next. Its so important to adjust and make sure youre getting the message across." Dallas, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Dougie Hamilton tallied a goal and an assist as the Boston Bruins scored three unanswered goals in their 3-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday. Loui Eriksson scored against his former team and Gregory Campbell also lit the lamp for the Bruins, who have won six of their last seven games. Tuukka Rask stopped 36 shots in the win. Vernon Fiddler supplied the Stars lone offense in his 700th career game and Kari Lehtonen allowed all three goals on 27 shots. I just played it as another game, but 700 games for a guy thats like me, it is a pretty big accomplishment, said Fiddler. Ive had great coaches and great teammates. After a scoreless first, Fiddler skated into the zone and beat Rask with a backhander from the right circle 6:46 into the second. Carl Soderberg raced up the left side, took a cross-ice pass from Chris Kelly and made a slick backhanded dish to Eriksson, who tied the game on a wrister with 5:43 left in the second. Campbell gavve the Bruins the lead after his wrister went under the stick of a sliding Lehtonen with 1:33 left in the middle stanza.dddddddddddd After Jason Demers went off for elbowing, Dallas took advantage on the power play as Hamiltons rising wrister from the right circle gave the Bruins a 3-1 advantage with 7:41 elapsed in the third. We play our best when the effort is there, and it was there tonight, said Hamilton. Colton Sceviour rang a shot off the post with 6:25 remaining and the Stars were unable to score on a late power play as the Bruins held on for the win. Game Notes The Bruins are 7-2-2 in their last 11 games vs. the Stars ... Bruins forward Brad Marchand served the second of his two-game suspension for a slew-footing incident that occurred on Jan. 15 against the Rangers ... Dallas forward Erik Cole left the game with an upper-body injury ... The two teams will meet again in Boston on Feb. 10 to wrap up the season series. ' ' '