Luke Richardson is as a chief coach of the Blackhawks. (Photo by Len Redkoles / NHLI via Getty Images)
(Len Redkoles via Getty Images)
The Chicago Blackhawks, current owners of the WORD NHL record, dismissed head coach Luke Richardson.
The team announced the move ThursdayAlso appointing the Rockford Icehogs head coach, Ahl affiliate, Anders Sorensen as an interim head coach. Deputy Director General of Blackhawks, Mark Eaton, will in turn become the acting coach in Rockford.
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The explanation by the director general of the Blackhawks, Kyle Davidson, on the move:
“Today, I made the difficult decision to pass from Luke as a head coach. We thank him for his efforts and his contributions to the organization and our community,” said Davidson. “While we started to take steps forward in our reconstruction process, we estimated that the results did not meet our expectations for a higher level of execution this season and finally made the decision that a change was necessary. We wish Luke and his family all the best. ”
Richardson is the region's third head coach to be dismissed during a season this year, joining Matt Eberflus from the Chicago Bears and Pedro Grifol of the Chicago White Sox. He assumed the functions of head coach in 2022 after assistant stays with Senators from Ottawa, New York Islanders and Montreal Canadians.
His mandate as Blackhawks began with a 26-49-7 file in his first season. A weak list was easy enough to blame for this performance, but the problem was that the team had not improved in the next two seasons because it started the Connor Bedard era. The old global choice n ° 1 is only 19 years old, and Chicago apparently decided that it took a new coach to direct what many consider a generational talent.
The new Sorensen coach has a lot of experience leading to young players in the AHL and is part of the organization of Chicago since 2018. He was in his fourth season of Rockford coach, but he will now have 56 games to try the NHL.
