Confirmed with Link: Ducharme Fired! Next Head Coach Will Be Announced Later Today

[Adam Michaels]

MONTREAL - Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes announced Wednesday afternoon that head coach Dominique Ducharme was relieved of his duties earlier today.

"We would like to sincerely thank Dominique for his work and contributions to the Montreal Canadiens organization. At this point in the season, we felt it was in the best interest of the club to make a change," said Hughes.

Since being named head coach in February 2021, Ducharme registered a 23-46-14 record in 83 regular season games at the helm of the Canadiens. In the playoffs, he posted a 13-6 record in 19 games, leading the Canadiens to their first Stanley Cup Final appearance since 1993.

The status of assistant coaches Alex Burrows, Éric Gravel, Mario Leblanc, Trevor Letowski, Éric Raymond and Luke Richardson remains unchanged.

The Canadiens' next head coach will be announced later today.

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[DenverHabsFan]

NOOOOOO! Too soon for the tank...

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[expy]

 

[26Mats]

Dominique Ducharme congédié par les Canadiens - TVA Sports

 

[Koivu11]

I didn’t think it would happen during the season since he was so good for the tank.

 

[expy]

There haven't been many things to cheer about this season, but Bergevin and Ducharme firings are definitely positives.

Hughes definitely the right man for the job, own up to mistakes you made/said.

 

[Benstheman]

Richardson interim?

 

[Colezuki]

Thank god, I can take the losing but play with pride, I shouldnt turn off the game after 1 goal

 

[HabsForHire]

Why is this confirmed, the habs haven't made it official yet have they ?

 

[DenverHabsFan]

Bring back Julien. No need to rush anything...

 

[Benstheman]

I didn’t think it would happen during the season since he was so good for the tank.

This team is such a mess. It won't change a thing.

 

[Colezuki]

Richardson interim?

they did that with cunneyworth and it was a fiasco

 

[Koivu11]

Confirmed.

 

[Justin11]

I guess there it is.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Habs officially confirm it:

 

[llamateizer]

dang, big news.

not bad. 3.5 years salary for 1 year of work

 

[Colezuki]

"doms my guy" feels like an eon ago

 

[The Last Red]

I didn’t think it would happen during the season since he was so good for the tank.

At some point it becomes so damaging to everything else that you can't wait it out. I think we're at that point. We'll still lose, just with some dignity.

 

[The Nightman]

Can Burrows and his trash PP get fired too? Or is that more of an off season thing?

 

[expy]

Why is this confirmed, the habs haven't made it official yet have they ?

 

[Vachon23]

It won’t be an interim from what I read

 

[jaffy27]

Wow

 

[Canadienna]

Very necessary. Sure he was good for the tank but I'm not sure this team needs help to tank.

Hope this has to do with allocation of ice time and responsibility to young players as much as their record.

 

[HabsForHire]

Now it is, wasn't when this was posted haha. Fantastic