NHL-worst Blackhawks fire Richardson as coach / Photo: BRUCE BENNETT - GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File
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NHL-worst Blackhawks fire Richardson as coach
Luke Richardson was fired as coach of the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday, the NHL club announced, after the team stumbled to the league's worst record so far this season.
Swede Anders Sorensen, coach of the Blackhawks' top developmental club, was named interim coach for the NHL squad.
Richardson, a 55-year-old Canadian, went 57-118 with 15 overtime losses in three seasons with Chicago.
The Blackhawks are 8-16 with two overtime losses this season for a league-low 18 points after going 19-54-9 last season, second-worst in the NHL, and 26-49-7 in 2022-23, third-worst in the league.
"Today I made the difficult decision to move on from Luke as our head coach," Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson said.
"As we have begun to take steps forward in our rebuilding process, we felt that the results did not match our expectations for a higher level of execution this season and ultimately came to the decision that a change was necessary."
The Blackhawks are on a four-game losing streak and 3-9-1 in their past 13 starts with 2.42 goals a game this season, second worst in the NHL.
They have reached the Stanley Cup playoffs only once over the past seven seasons.
"I fully support Kyle's decision in making this change as he continues to do what is needed to move our team forward," Blackhawks chairman and chief executive Danny Wirtz said.
"I have the utmost confidence in him and the rest of our hockey operations team as they begin their search for the next head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks."
Richardson became the third NHL coach fired this season after Boston dumped Jim Montgomery last month. He was hired five days later by St. Louis after the Blues fired Drew Bannister.
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