New Jersey Devils Hire Kevin Dineen As Utica Comets Head Coach

Kevin Dineen (Photo credit should read LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)

In a surprising move, the New Jersey Devils moved former Binghamton Devils head coach Mark Dennehy to the front office and replaced him on the bench with Kevin Dineen. The B-Devils did not have the season any of us hoped. They added a ton of talent, but the team just didn’t win. This was after they made a miraculous run to a playoff spot the season before until the coronavirus pandemic ended the season early.

Dineen takes over a Utica team at probably its most important time. The team made the controversial move to leave Binghamton early to go to another Upstate New York team in Utica. Fans were not happy, and the…