Second City Hockey · Mar 7, 2016
Indy Fuel, Blackhawks' ECHL affiliate, fire head coach
Chicago's ECHL affiliate has made a coaching change.
The Indy Fuel have fired head coach Scott Hillman and replaced him with interim coach Bernie John, the team announced Monday. Indy is the Chicago Blackhawks' affiliate in the ECHL, the hockey minor league a tier below the AHL.
Hillman was the first head coach in the Fuel's history. The franchise joined the ECHL for the 2014-15 season and became the Blackhawks' affiliate below the Rockford IceHogs. In his first season coaching Indy, Hillman posted a 31-30-4 record as the team failed to qualify for the playoffs.