Eric Stephens
Staff Writer at The Athletic
Doing the writing thing for the @TheAthleticNHL. SoCal has always been home. Eyes on the California teams and beyond. Grits aficionado. Appealingly goofy.
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6 days ago |
nytimes.com | Eric Stephens
ANAHEIM, Calif. - In an instant, Joel Quenneville became the most accomplished head coach the Anaheim Ducks have ever hired - and the one with the most baggage. The Ducks, in hiring the three-time Stanley Cup champion, whose stature may be forever tarnished by his role in a sexual assault scandal while he was the coach of the Chicago Blackhawks, let their mission be known: They're out to win. They've braced themselves for the blowback after the announcement on Thursday.
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6 days ago |
nytimes.com | Eric Stephens |Pierre LeBrun
Joel Quenneville will be hired as head coach of the Anaheim Ducks, league sources told Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic on Thursday. Quenneville, a three-time Stanley Cup champion as a head coach, has been out of the NHL since 2021, when the league determined Quenneville had an "inadequate response" to allegations of sexual assault within the Chicago Blackhawks when he was coach of the team. Quenneville, 66, ranks second all-time among NHL coaches with 969 regular-season victories.
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6 days ago |
nytimes.com | Eric Stephens
The separation was finalized last weekend but Rob Blake had been talking with Luc Robitaille about his future as the Los Angeles Kings' general manager for months, if not longer. Blake, who was finishing up his contract, stepped aside upon mutual agreement after eight seasons. A fourth consecutive first-round loss to the Edmonton Oilers was difficult to go out on, but both sides felt it was necessary.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Eric Stephens
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Jim Hiller has coached the Los Angeles Kings for just 16 months - if you count his time on interim status - but he has been in the business long enough to know how things can work when a team's management structure changes. On Monday, the Kings and general manager Rob Blake separated after eight seasons. This was no blindside move. Blake didn't have a contract for next season and there weren't any talks toward renewal.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Eric Stephens
Macklin Celebrini of the San Jose Sharks, Lane Hutson of the Montreal Canadiens and Dustin Wolf of the Calgary Flames were announced on Monday as the finalists for the Calder Trophy, awarded to the NHL's rookie of the year, as voted by the Professional Hockey Writers Association. Hutson, 21, had a historic season for Montreal. His 66 points broke Chris Chelios' team record for rookie defensemsn, and he also led all first-year players in scoring.
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RT @MarkLazerus: On today's The Athletic Hockey Show with @m_bultman and me: — @PierreVLeBrun on Leafs-Panthers drama and the coaching car…
Good stuff from Pierre here. Hiring a coach with Q's credentials could certainly be one reason Verbeek made his move.
Greg Cronin on the shock of Ducks firing and being replaced by Joel Quenneville. My latest for @TheAthletic ⤵️ https://t.co/ysWCkyGoB1
Corey Perry woke up this morning, had breakfast, a coffee and then turned his time machine back to 2011.
