One season after finishing New York Rangers’ best record in NHL, the team fired the head coach Peter Laviolette and the assistant coach Phil Housley on Saturday.
Rangers went 55-23-4 (114 points) last season and proceeded to the Eastern Conference final, eliminated by Florida Panthers in a six-game series. New York this season this season 39-36-7 (85 points) went to a playoff point to finish the score.
“We have come to this season with high expectations for ourselves,” Rangers General Manager Chris Drury said in a statement. He said. “Quite simple, we could not meet these expectations. We should all do better – including myself. When going to the next season and beyond, I felt a change to give us the best chance to achieve our goals as an organization.”
Drury said the search for a new head coach started immediately.
Rangers head coach Laviolette broke the record of 60, 94-59-11. Before this season, New York had made three playoff matches in a row, and the Eastern Conference Finals in this race twice.
Rangers has not participated in the Stanley Cup Finals since 2014 and finally won a title in 1994.
Laviolette, who played only in his career in 12 NHL matches, became NHL head coach for 23 seasons in 1988-89 season with Rangers.
New York Islanders (2001-03), Carolina Hurricanes (2003-09), Philadelphia Flyers (2009-14), Nashville Predators (2014-20), Washington Capitals (2020-23) and Rangers 846-562-161 record (25 vineyards).
The 846 Normal season win is among the coaches born in the United States in NHL history and the seventh coaches of all time.
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