The Ottawa Senators fired head coach Cory Clouston and two assistants on Saturday after the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second time in three seasons.
Clouston and assistant coaches Greg Carvel and Brad Lauerwas were fired shortly after Ottawa lost 3-1 to the Bruins in its regular-season finale in Boston.
The 41-year-old Clouston, hired in February 2009, was 95-83-20 with the Senators and led them to the playoffs last season. Ottawa fell in six games to Pittsburgh in the first round and took a big step back this season, finishing near the bottom of the Eastern Conference with a 32-40-10 record.
The firings comes one day after general manager Bryan Murray received a three-year contract extension. Clouston is the third coach fired by Murray since he left the job himself to become GM after helping the Senators reach the Stanley Cup Final in 2007.
With the season going nowhere, Murray dealt away veterans Mike Fisher, Alex Kovalev, Chris Kelly, Chris Campoli and Jarkko Ruutu before the trade deadline.
Murray is scheduled to address the media Monday when the players return to Ottawa.
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The Ottawa Senators fired head coach Cory Clouston and two assistants on Saturday after the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second time in three seasons.
Clouston and assistant coaches Greg Carvel and Brad Lauerwas were fired shortly after Ottawa lost 3-1 to the Bruins in its regular-season finale in Boston.
The 41-year-old Clouston, hired in February 2009, was 95-83-20 with the Senators and led them to the playoffs last season. Ottawa fell in six games to Pittsburgh in the first round and took a big step back this season, finishing near the bottom of the Eastern Conference with a 32-40-10 record.
The firings comes one day after general manager Bryan Murray received a three-year contract extension. Clouston is the third coach fired by Murray since he left the job himself to become GM after helping the Senators reach the Stanley Cup Final in 2007.
With the season going nowhere, Murray dealt away veterans Mike Fisher, Alex Kovalev, Chris Kelly, Chris Campoli and Jarkko Ruutu before the trade deadline.
Murray is scheduled to address the media Monday when the players return to Ottawa.
Murray wanted Clouston out a long time ago. I am POSITIVE that the deal was that if he signed as GM, he wanted Cory gone. Had Murray not been signed as GM, he would have been a senior advisor and he STILL would have recommended that Clouston be fired.
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Murray wanted Clouston out a long time ago. I am POSITIVE that the deal was that if he signed as GM, he wanted Cory gone. Had Murray not been signed as GM, he would have been a senior advisor and he STILL would have recommended that Clouston be fired.
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