"Dr. Winston O'Boogie" <quarrymen14@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Paul Dalrymple" <PBudDalrymple@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Chicago Blackhawks fire Denis Savard
>>
>> By Associated Press
>> Thursday, October 16, 2008
>>
>> CHICAGO - The Chicago Blackhawks have fired coach
>> Denis Savard after a 1-2-1 start and replaced him with
>> Joel Quenneville.
>>
>> The dismissal Thursday came hours after the team won
>> its first game by beating Phoenix 4-1.
>>
>> Savard, a Hall of Fame player, became coach in November
>> 2006 and finished that season with a record of 24-30-7 in 61
>> games. Last season, Savard led Chicago to its first 40-win
>> season since 2001-02. The Blackhawks went 40-34-8 but
>> still missed the playoffs.
>>
>> Quenneville has coached the St. Louis Blues and Colorado
>> Avalanche. He has a 438-283-118 record in parts of 11 seasons.
>> He was signed by the Blackhawks as a pro scout in September.
>>
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> Lunacy at it's finest, only 4 games in.
>
At least Sinden waited 8 games to fire Pat Burns?
Rich
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