Minnesota Wild general manager Paul Fenton confirmed Tuesday Bruce Boudreau will return behind the Wild's bench next season.

"Bruce is my coach next year," Fenton told reporters. "I have total confidence in him.

Right now Bruce is my coach and he's going to be the guy that is going to lead this team back to where we want to go."

Boudreau has coached the Wild the past three seasons. After leading the team to the playoffs his first two seasons in charge, the Wild failed to make the playoffs this year, finishing with a 37-36-9 record. The Wild failed to make it out of the first round in the two years Boudreau led the team to the postseason.

More details to follow.