After a sluggish begin to the season, Boston have sacked Jim Montgomery as head coach with the Bruins trying in a brand new route after simply 20 video games in 2024.
Bruins Sack Montgomery
The Bruins have gained simply eight NHL video games from their opening 20 this season and after such an uncharacteristically poor begin to the 12 months, head coach Jim Montgomery has been sacked.
2024 was Montgomery’s third 12 months answerable for the Bruins and regardless of a file breaking first season in Boston, playoff struggles in 2022 and 2023 left a bitter style within the mouth.
Boston Bruins Basic Supervisor Don Sweeney introduced in the present day, November 19, that the staff has relieved Jim Montgomery of his duties as Head Coach.
Affiliate Coach Joe Sacco will assume interim head teaching duties.
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— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) November 19, 2024
Bruins Basic Supervisor Don Sweeney addressed the media on Tuesday, explaining why Boston needed to make the choice to sack Montgomery.
“Jim Montgomery is an excellent NHL coach and a fair higher particular person,” Sweeney stated. “Our staff’s inconsistency and efficiency within the first 20 video games of the 2024-25 season has been regarding and under how the Bruins need to reward our followers.”
Throughout his three years answerable for the Bruins Montgomery completed with a file of 120-41-23 (0.715 win share), making the postseason twice.
In 184 video games, the #NHLBruins misplaced simply 41 occasions in regulation below Jim Montgomery.
41 occasions in 184 video games.
120-41-23 file for .715 factors share.
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) November 19, 2024
Assistant coach Joe Sacco will take over as interim head coach shifting ahead, however the Bruins have made no announcement about in search of a brand new HC simply but.
“I consider Joe Sacco has the teaching expertise to convey the gamers and the staff again to specializing in the constant effort the NHL requires to have success,” Sweeney stated. “We’ll proceed to work to make the mandatory changes to fulfill the usual and efficiency our supportive followers count on.”
Sacco may have an extended highway forward of him if Boston are to make the playoffs this 12 months and first up for the brand new interim coach is a recreation towards Utah on Thursday evening, because the Bruins look to snap a 4 recreation dropping streak which finally bought Montgomery sacked.