Boston, MA (My Sportsbook) - The Boston Bruins have scheduled a press conference for Monday, June 23 at which time Mike Sullivan is expected to be introduced as the club's new head coach.

Bruins general manager Mike O'Connell was set to make the announcement this week, but postponed a press conference due to what the team called "scheduling difficulties".

Sullivan, a Massachusetts native and former Boston University captain, played 11 years in the NHL including 77 games with the Bruins. Sullivan, who scored 54 goals with 82 assists in 709 games, finished his career in 2002 with Phoenix.

He was named head coach of Providence, the Bruins AHL affiliate, on July 29, 2002 before joining O'Connell as an assistant behind the Boston bench when Robbie Ftorek was fired in March.

O'Connell took over behind the bench after Ftorek was fired and guided the club for the rest of the season. The team finished as the No. 7 seed in the Eastern Conference and was eliminated in five games by the eventual Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils in the first round of the playoffs.

The Bruins were 33-28-8-4 when Ftorek was canned, in just his second season as Boston's head coach. He led Boston to the best record in the Eastern Conference during the 2001-02 season with 101 points, but the Bruins suffered a first-round playoff exit against eighth-seeded Montreal.

O'Connell had said that he would like to have the new coach in place before this weekend's NHL entry draft in Nashville. The Bruins' first pick in the draft will come at No. 16 in the first round.

New Jersey assistant coach (and former Bruin) Bob Carpenter and Devils consultant Larry Robinson were the other leading candidates for the position.