After a sluggish begin to the season, Boston have sacked Jim Montgomery as head coach with the Bruins trying in a brand new course 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 in command of 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 Common Supervisor Don Sweeney introduced at present, November 19, that the workforce 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 Common 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 mentioned. “Our workforce’s inconsistency and efficiency within the first 20 video games of the 2024-25 season has been regarding and under how the Bruins wish to reward our followers.”
Throughout his three years in command of 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 instances in regulation below Jim Montgomery.
41 instances 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 on the lookout for a brand new HC simply but.
“I imagine Joe Sacco has the teaching expertise to deliver the gamers and the workforce again to specializing in the constant effort the NHL requires to have success,” Sweeney mentioned. “We are going to proceed to work to make the mandatory changes to fulfill the usual and efficiency our supportive followers count on.”
Sacco can have a protracted 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 in opposition to Utah on Thursday evening, because the Bruins look to snap a 4 recreation shedding streak which ultimately bought Montgomery sacked.
