In a press release this afternoon, the Ottawa Senators announced that “Binghamton Senators head coach Luke Richardson will not return next season after coming to a mutual agreement with the organization to vacate the position to pursue a new opportunity.”
Richardson spent the past four seasons coaching Ottawa’s AHL affiliate to varying degrees of success.
In the early going, success came easy for Richardson.
In his first two seasons behind the bench, Richardson led the B-Sens to consecutive 96 point seasons and an impressive .632 point percentage. It was this initial success that helped perpetuate the belief that Richardson was a blue chip coach who not only was viewed as someone on the rise, but someone who would one day find himself behind the bench here in Ottawa.