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The Chicago Blackhawks, current owners of the worst record in the NHL, have fired head coach Luke Richardson. The team announced the move Thursday, also naming AHL affiliate Rockford IceHogs head ...
Chicago Blackhawks head coach Luke Richardson, center top, talks to his players during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Columbus Blue Jackets in Chicago, Sunday, Dec.1, 2024.
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks fired coach Luke Richardson on Thursday, with the team off to the worst start in the league nearly a third of the way through his third season. The Blackhawks are 8-16-2, two standings points behind the next-worst team, Nashville. Richardson went 57-118-15 with Chicago.
At the time of his firing, Quenneville was the second-winningest coach both in the Blackhawks and NHL history, and was also second in all-time games coached. [14] The current coach of the Blackhawks is Anders Sorensen, who was named interim head coach on December 5, 2024, following the firing of Luke Richardson. [16]
Head coach Luke Richardson looks on from the bench during a Chicago Blackhawks' game against the Anaheim Ducks. Richardson, 55, was hired before the start of the 2022-23 season.
On 5 December 2024, the Blackhawks appointed Sörensen their interim head coach after firing Luke Richardson. [ 7 ] [ 1 ] He made his NHL debut on 7 December, in a 4–2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets . [ 9 ]
Luke and Stephanie Richardson were decorated with the Meritorious Service Cross for their efforts in 2018. [17] [18] During the 2011–12 Canada women's national ice hockey team season, Richardson's daughter Morgan was a member of the Canadian National Under-18 team that participated in a three-game series against the United States in August ...
In two-plus seasons with the Blackhawks, the 55-year-old Richardson posted a 57-118-15 record, including an 8-16-2 start to this season, in his first stint as a head coach.