Rangers fire head coach Laviolette after missing playoffs

Rangers Fire Head Coach Peter Laviolette After Disastrous Season

You'd be hard-pressed to find any team in the NHL more disappointed in how its 2024-25 went than the New York Rangers.After three straight seasons with more than 100 points and a trip to the Eastern Conference Final last season, I don't know that I'd say it was Stanley Cup or bust for the Broadway Blueshirts, but it was certainly "significant playoff run or bust."SIGN UP for The Daily OutKick. New Look, Same Attitude.Well, it was a bust, with th…

Stanley Cup-Winning Head Coach Fired On Saturday

Meet Hockey Goalie Mikayla Demaiter (1:01) The New York Rangers made their first big change of the offseason on Saturday.They fired head coach Peter Laviolette after only two seasons on the job. He led them to the Presidents' Trophy and the Eastern Conference Final last season before they lost to the Florida Panthers in six games.They had sky-high expectations coming into the 2024-25 season but didn't come close to meeting them, finishing the se…

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Rangers fire coach Peter Laviolette after missing the playoffs

Peter Laviolette was fired as coach of the New York Rangers on Saturday, ending his tenure after two seasons, the second of which was a massive underachievement of missing the playoffs. General manager Chris Drury made the move less than 48 hours after the finale of a lost season that followed a trip to the Eastern Conference final last year and set the stage for Stanley Cup-contending aspirations. Instead, the result was inconsistent, uninspire…

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Rangers fire head coach Peter Laviolette after lackluster season

After a disappointing season, the New York Rangers announced on Saturday that they had made the decision to part ways with head coach Peter Laviolette after just two seasons. Associate head coach Phil Housley was also relieved of his duties, according to the team.  The Rangers were 39-36-7 this season and missed the playoffs a year after they won the President’s Trophy and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.  Laviolette, 60, had a 94-59-1…