OTTAWA, Ontario — The NHL-worst Senators fired coach Guy Boucher on Friday and named assistant Marc Crawford as the interim replacement.
“I want to thank Guy for his three years of service,” general manager Pierre Dorion said. “He is a good person and has been an excellent representative of the Senators. At this point, however, we need a different set of coaching and leadership skills to guide our team through this rebuild.”
The 47-year-old Boucher coached the Senators to within one victory of the Stanley Cup Final in 2017 in his first season behind the bench. He previously got the Tampa Bay Lightning to within one victory of the final in 2011.