The Philadelphia Flyers fired coach Peter Laviolette bearing in mind an 0-3 start and a preseason election of confidence from ownership, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Monday.
The person spoke on condition of secrecy as the decision was not announced. The Flyers scheduled a morning news consultation.
Laviolette was dismissed a time bearing in mind the Flyers missed the playoffs in a lockout-shortened season. Laviolette was hired before time in the 2009 season bearing in mind John Stevens was fired. He led them to the 2010 Stanley Cup finals, anywhere they lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in six games.
Laviolette won the Stanley Cup coaching the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006 and previously coached the New York Islanders.
He expected a election of confidence from Flyers chairman Ed Snider shortly beforehand the season on track.
"As far as Peter is concerned, keep up time was an anomaly. He's been a very fine coach in support of us, he's been a fine coach in this league," he thought.
Laviolette signed a two-year porch keep up season so as to was calibrate to take him through 2014-15. He's precisely the succeeding coach in Flyers history to coach parts of five seasons.
He's calibrate to work as an assistant coach under Pittsburgh's Dan Bylsma in support of the United States in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.
Laviolette led the Flyers to three straight last game appearances beforehand they stumbled keep up season. The Flyers went 23-22-3 and were 10th in the Eastern Conference with 49 points keep up season. There was nix evident recovery the at the outset three games. The Flyers lost their opening by the side of home-based keep up week, afterward lost games on consecutive days greater than the weekend to Montreal and Carolina. They were outscored 9-3.
"I would think guys are probably pretty frustrated," Laviolette thought Sunday night. "Offensively, if you're not scoring, everything's got to be whole on the defensive part of things."
Modish a bleak instant in city sports, Laviolette's firing capital all four Philadelphia teams allow untouched coaches in the keep up time. Eagles coach Chip Kelly, hired in January, is at the moment the dean of Philadelphia coaches.
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