Montreal Canadiens fire head coach Dominique Ducharme
Global News
The news comes one day after the struggling club returned from the All-Star break and was pummeled by New Jersey on Tuesday night.
The Montreal Canadiens have fired head coach Dominique Ducharme.
“We would like to sincerely thank Dominique for his work and contributions to the Montreal Canadiens organization,” General Manager Kent Hughes in a statement issued Wednesday.
“At this point in the season, we felt it was in the best interest of the club to make a change.”
The news comes one day after the struggling club returned from the All-Star break and was pummeled by New Jersey on Tuesday night. The Devils came to the Bell Centre while on a seven-game losing streak, only to snag a 7-1 blowout victory.
Ducharme hadn’t been in the role for even a year. He took over from Claude Julien as interim head coach in February 2021, after a two-year stint as an assistant coach.
The Joliette, Que. native was officially given the top job a few months later after the Habs squeaked into the playoffs for what ended up being a historic run.
The team made it to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since 1993, but ultimately lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
After summer passed, the Canadiens returned to the ice only to have a season that has so far been riddled with injuries, absences and a string of losses.
