
Rangers usher in new era by hiring Mike Sullivan as next head coach
NY Post
The stars have aligned for Mike Sullivan and the Rangers head coaching job.
Sullivan was named the 38th head coach of the Blueshirts in franchise history, the team announced Friday, concluding a two-week search that all but came to an end the moment the Penguins announced they’d be parting ways with the veteran bench boss on April 28.
This is the hire that never was back in 2021, when Rangers president and general manager Chris Drury’s first major decision was to relieve David Quinn of his head coaching duties.
If Sullivan were available then, the two-year tenures of both Gerard Gallant and Peter Laviolette may never have happened.
Alas, fate has a way of falling into place.
The Rangers dismissed Laviolette on April 19, after the team experienced a tumultuous season on the way to missing the playoffs for the first time in four years.













