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The Carolina Hurricanes have fired coach Paul Maurice, ESPN The Magazine's EJ Hradek has learned.
The team has called a news conference for 4 p.m. ET.
Maurice, the second-youngest and longest-tenured coach in the NHL, was in his ninth season with the Hurricanes. He is the club's all-time leader in regular season (268) and playoff (17) wins and regular season (674) and playoff (35) games coached. Maurice led the Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2002, where they lost in five games to the Detroit Red Wings.
The Hurricanes, who just completed a 1-2-0-1 road trip, are 8-12-8-2 this season. They currently are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and are 13th in the Eastern Conference
The Carolina Hurricanes have fired coach Paul Maurice, ESPN The Magazine's EJ Hradek has learned.
The team has called a news conference for 4 p.m. ET.
Maurice, the second-youngest and longest-tenured coach in the NHL, was in his ninth season with the Hurricanes. He is the club's all-time leader in regular season (268) and playoff (17) wins and regular season (674) and playoff (35) games coached. Maurice led the Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2002, where they lost in five games to the Detroit Red Wings.
The Hurricanes, who just completed a 1-2-0-1 road trip, are 8-12-8-2 this season. They currently are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and are 13th in the Eastern Conference
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Nice guy.
Has a LOT to learn as a coach, and in his 8.3 seasons on the job with this team he wasn't learning anything.
Fair winds and following seas to him--I'm sure he'll be picked up by another team as an assistant.
Has a LOT to learn as a coach, and in his 8.3 seasons on the job with this team he wasn't learning anything.
Fair winds and following seas to him--I'm sure he'll be picked up by another team as an assistant.
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Wow. First Saddam now this. What a birthday! 
Hmmm don't good things come in 3's?? Maybe my chances of Don being fired are pretty good...
Hmmm don't good things come in 3's?? Maybe my chances of Don being fired are pretty good...
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By JAY COHEN
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Coach Paul Maurice was fired Monday by the struggling Carolina Hurricanes in his ninth season, the longest current stretch with one NHL team.
Maurice, who took the Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup finals in 2002, was replaced by former New York Islanders coach Peter Laviolette.
The Hurricanes are 8-12-8-2 for 26 points, next to last in the Southeast Division. Their next game is Thursday at home against Pittsburgh.
General manager Jim Rutherford said he had pondered the change for as long as “three to four weeks.” Rutherford looked at four possible candidates under NHL contract and interviewed two of them before settling on Laviolette.
Rutherford said Maurice was aware that the team was looking at a change. He said he called Maurice at 1 p.m. Monday to inform him that he was going to make the move.
“I got to a point that I still felt that this team had a chance this year with 52 games left,” Rutherford said. “I just felt that we needed to get some fresh ideas into our dressing room.”
Assistant coach Randy Ladoceur and goaltending consultant Don Edwards also are out, Rutherford said. Hurricanes assistant coach Kevin McCarthy and recently retired Carolina forward Jeff Daniels will join Laviolette behind the bench.
Maurice, who coached the franchise for two years when it was in Hartford, is the third NHL coach fired this season.
The Florida Panthers dismissed Mike Keenan in November, and the Washington Capitals replaced Bruce Cassidy last week. The Capitals are the only team that trails Carolina in the division.
Laviolette said he wants the Hurricanes to play “a very high-tempo game. I want to get in on the floor check, bang bodies, get pucks to the net, people to the net and in turn, generate more offense.”
Laviolette had 77 wins in two seasons as coach of the Islanders, ranking as the third-winningest coach in team history. He led the team to the playoffs in the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons but was fired after the Islanders’ first-round loss to Ottawa.
Carolina had big expectations entering this season. The team acquired Danny Markov, Bob Boughner and Glen Wesley to bolster its defense in the offseason. But the Hurricane’s offense has been weak. Carolina is last in the NHL with 56 goals or 1.87 a game, one-half the total of the league-leading Detroit Red Wings.
Slumping forwards Jeff O’Neill and Rod Brind’Amour have combined for just four goals.
Laviolette, who received a three-year contract, said he will make some changes but declined to be specific.
“Just a change in general and a new look, a fresh voice and fresh idea could very well be enough on its own,” Laviolette said about the struggling offense.
Maurice leaves the team as the franchise coaching leader in wins during the regular season (268) and playoffs (17).
He became the first coach in franchise history to make it to the Stanley Cup finals when Carolina downed the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games to secure the 2002 Eastern Conference title. The Hurricanes lost to Detroit in the finals.
Under Maurice, the Hurricanes won the Southeast Division in 1999 and 2002 and had four consecutive winning seasons from 1998-02.
Maurice got the coaching job with the Hartford Whalers 12 games into the 1995-96 season. His firing means Ottawa coach Jacques Martin, in his eighth full season with the Senators, now has the longest tenure as a head coach of one team in the league.
Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Coach Paul Maurice was fired Monday by the struggling Carolina Hurricanes in his ninth season, the longest current stretch with one NHL team.
Maurice, who took the Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup finals in 2002, was replaced by former New York Islanders coach Peter Laviolette.
The Hurricanes are 8-12-8-2 for 26 points, next to last in the Southeast Division. Their next game is Thursday at home against Pittsburgh.
General manager Jim Rutherford said he had pondered the change for as long as “three to four weeks.” Rutherford looked at four possible candidates under NHL contract and interviewed two of them before settling on Laviolette.
Rutherford said Maurice was aware that the team was looking at a change. He said he called Maurice at 1 p.m. Monday to inform him that he was going to make the move.
“I got to a point that I still felt that this team had a chance this year with 52 games left,” Rutherford said. “I just felt that we needed to get some fresh ideas into our dressing room.”
Assistant coach Randy Ladoceur and goaltending consultant Don Edwards also are out, Rutherford said. Hurricanes assistant coach Kevin McCarthy and recently retired Carolina forward Jeff Daniels will join Laviolette behind the bench.
Maurice, who coached the franchise for two years when it was in Hartford, is the third NHL coach fired this season.
The Florida Panthers dismissed Mike Keenan in November, and the Washington Capitals replaced Bruce Cassidy last week. The Capitals are the only team that trails Carolina in the division.
Laviolette said he wants the Hurricanes to play “a very high-tempo game. I want to get in on the floor check, bang bodies, get pucks to the net, people to the net and in turn, generate more offense.”
Laviolette had 77 wins in two seasons as coach of the Islanders, ranking as the third-winningest coach in team history. He led the team to the playoffs in the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons but was fired after the Islanders’ first-round loss to Ottawa.
Carolina had big expectations entering this season. The team acquired Danny Markov, Bob Boughner and Glen Wesley to bolster its defense in the offseason. But the Hurricane’s offense has been weak. Carolina is last in the NHL with 56 goals or 1.87 a game, one-half the total of the league-leading Detroit Red Wings.
Slumping forwards Jeff O’Neill and Rod Brind’Amour have combined for just four goals.
Laviolette, who received a three-year contract, said he will make some changes but declined to be specific.
“Just a change in general and a new look, a fresh voice and fresh idea could very well be enough on its own,” Laviolette said about the struggling offense.
Maurice leaves the team as the franchise coaching leader in wins during the regular season (268) and playoffs (17).
He became the first coach in franchise history to make it to the Stanley Cup finals when Carolina downed the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games to secure the 2002 Eastern Conference title. The Hurricanes lost to Detroit in the finals.
Under Maurice, the Hurricanes won the Southeast Division in 1999 and 2002 and had four consecutive winning seasons from 1998-02.
Maurice got the coaching job with the Hartford Whalers 12 games into the 1995-96 season. His firing means Ottawa coach Jacques Martin, in his eighth full season with the Senators, now has the longest tenure as a head coach of one team in the league.
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No More Mo!!!!!
I heard the sportsflash on WFNZ this afternoon while driving around town . . . . I had to pinch myself to make sure it was true !!!!!!! Its about time Jim Rutherford pulled the plug on Mo and try to salvage the season. I still think they can make the playoffs; They've got enough time to make a run now . . .
Bye, bye Mo, Hello Peter
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I heard the sportsflash on WFNZ this afternoon while driving around town . . . . I had to pinch myself to make sure it was true
!!!!!!! Its about time Jim Rutherford pulled the plug on Mo and try to salvage the season. I still think they can make the playoffs; They've got enough time to make a run now . . . Bye, bye Mo, Hello Peter
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