Pittsburgh Penguins fire coach Michel Therrien
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Bill Jempty | Sunday, February 15, 2009 |
He didn’t even make it through a whole season after taking the team to the Stanley Cup finals. From AP-
The Pittsburgh Penguins fired coach Michel Therrien on Sunday, less than a year after he led the team to the Stanley Cup finals.
Dan Bylsma, coach of the team’s AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, was installed as interim coach with 25 games remaining in the season.
Even with Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby, who rank first and second in the NHL in scoring, the Penguins have struggled to a 27-25-5 record this season. They’re in 10th place in the Eastern Conference, five points out of eighth and the final playoff spot.
The Penguins lost to the Detroit Red Wings in six games in last year’s Stanley Cup finals.
No question about it, Pittsburgh has underachieved all year. A coaching change in my opinion won’t get this team to the 2008-09 NHL postseason.
- Back to the finals- Pittsburgh sweeps Carolina
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- Buffalo Sabres lose 10th game in a row
- Florida Panthers- Do or die
- Ottawa Senators fire coach John Paddock
- Pittsburgh defeats Detroit 2-1, wins Stanley Cup
- Phoenix Suns fire coach Terry Porter after 4 months on the job
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- Arizona State Baseball Coach Pat Murphy resigns
- Clipping their wings- Florida Panthers beat Detroit 2-1
- LA Clipper announcers suspended for one game
- Backup power- Miami Dolphins beat Carolina Panthers 24-17
- Steve Elling of CBS Sports is jealous
- Detroit Lions put two defensive backs on Injured Reserve
- The Dirty Dozen- Milwaukee Bucks beat New Jersey 99-85
- Outdueled- Florida Panthers beat Buffalo 6-2
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- Cleveland Brown QB Brady Quinn fined by NFL
No, not a coaching problem.
Sid the Kid isn’t ready to shoulder a team…and Malkin seems kinda flakey.
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