Colliton fired as coach of Blackhawks, replaced by King
Jeremy Colliton was fired as coach of the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.
Derek King was named his replacement. He was coach of Rockford, Chicago's American Hockey League affiliate, since Nov. 6, 2018, when Colliton was promoted from that role to the Blackhawks.
Chicago is 1-9-2 after a 5-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Friday and has the second-fewest points in the NHL (Arizona Coyotes, one point).
The Blackhawks lost their first nine games of the season (0-7-2) and entered Saturday allowing the second-most goals per game (3.92), behind the Coyotes (4.00), and scored the fourth-fewest goals per game (2.17).
"This team has a lot of talent -- talent that I am familiar with from my time in the organization -- and I look forward to working with them behind the bench," King said. "I appreciate the support from (general manager) Kyle Davidson and (CEO) Danny Wirtz through this process and I cannot wait to get going. I understand my role and position and [am] ready to do the work necessary to help the organization succeed."
The coaching change comes 11 days after Chicago was fined $2 million and fired Stan Bowman as their president of hockey operations and general manager, following an independent investigation of former player Kyle Beach's allegations of sexual assault by then-video coach Brad Aldrich in 2010. Davidson replaced Bowman as GM.
Jeremy Colliton was fired as coach of the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.
Derek King was named his replacement. He was coach of Rockford, Chicago's American Hockey League affiliate, since Nov. 6, 2018, when Colliton was promoted from that role to the Blackhawks.
Chicago is 1-9-2 after a 5-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Friday and has the second-fewest points in the NHL (Arizona Coyotes, one point).
The Blackhawks lost their first nine games of the season (0-7-2) and entered Saturday allowing the second-most goals per game (3.92), behind the Coyotes (4.00), and scored the fourth-fewest goals per game (2.17).
"This team has a lot of talent -- talent that I am familiar with from my time in the organization -- and I look forward to working with them behind the bench," King said. "I appreciate the support from (general manager) Kyle Davidson and (CEO) Danny Wirtz through this process and I cannot wait to get going. I understand my role and position and [am] ready to do the work necessary to help the organization succeed."
The coaching change comes 11 days after Chicago was fined $2 million and fired Stan Bowman as their president of hockey operations and general manager, following an independent investigation of former player Kyle Beach's allegations of sexual assault by then-video coach Brad Aldrich in 2010. Davidson replaced Bowman as GM.
