Marco Sturm, who played five seasons with the Bruins from 2005-10, was named the club’s 30th head coach on Thursday.

Marco Sturm is coming back to TD Garden. After an exhaustive search, the former Bruins forward has been named the franchise’s 30th head coach. Boston was the final team to fill their head coaching vacancy this offseason.

As the coaching carousel continues to turn, the Boston Bruins have officially revealed their next head coach – a name that had been tied to them for more than a week.

Marco Sturm coached Germany to a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Now former fellow players and officials back home will be closely followng his progress as Germany's first NHL coach. Marco Sturm has reached his stated goal-- becoming head coach of a team in the National Hockey League.

Sturm played hero for Boston in 2010 when he scored the game-winning overtime goal in the Bruins’ first Winter Classic appearance at Fenway Park.

Marco Sturm brings a good resume, relationship with the team and positive attitude to Boston. What he needs most, though, are forwards.