They fired head coach Joel Quenneville, who won three Stanley Cups with Chicago, on Tuesday. His replacement? Jeremey Colliton, a 33-year-old coach who has one season coaching in North America in the AHL with the Rockford IceHogs. Colliton, who is now the youngest active NHL coach, led the IceHogs to the Western Conference Final and is heralded as a young coach with a bright future.
Blackhawks chairman Rocky Wirtz, team president and CEO John McDonough and general manager Stan Bowman sat alongside Colliton as the franchise introduced him to the media Tuesday afternoon at MB Ice Arena.
Here’s what we learned from the press conference:
Firing Bowman and Quenneville wasn’t discussed
The biggest question after the team announced the move was, “why not Bowman?