Bruins Fire Coach Bruce Cassidy After 6 Seasons

Bruins Fire Coach Bruce Cassidy After 6 Seasons

Bruce Cassidy was fired as coach of the Boston Bruins on Monday according to the NHL.

The Bruins (51-26-5) made the playoffs in each of Cassidy's six seasons.

Cassidy was 245-108-46, and 36-37 in the playoffs, including a trip to the Stanley Cup Final in 2019, when the Bruins lost to the St. Louis Blues in seven games.

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"Today I informed Bruce Cassidy that I was making a head coaching change," Boston general manager Don Sweeney said. "After 14 years working with Bruce, this was an extremely difficult decision. I want to thank and acknowledge Bruce for all his work and success with the Bruins organization. His head coaching record for the Bruins is impressive, and we are appreciative of Bruce both professionally and personally. After taking some time to fully digest everything, I felt that the direction of our team for both this season and beyond would benefit from a new voice.

Cassidy was named Bruins coach on April 26, 2017, after eight seasons with the Providence  Bruins of the American Hockey League, including five as head coach. The 57-year-old is 292-155-53 with nine ties in 509 games in eight NHL seasons with the Bruins and Washington Capitals.

Cassidy is the fifth coach to be fired since the regular season ended, following Jeff Blashill by the Detroit Red Wings (April 30), Mike Yeo by the Philadelphia Flyers (May 3), Barry Trotz by the New York Islanders (May 9) and Peter DeBoer by the Vegas Golden Knights (May 16), according to the NHL.

"I have the utmost confidence in Don to conduct a thorough search to identify the best candidate that is going to help our team reach its full potential," Bruins president Cam Neely said.