” We desire to thank Sergei, Jacques and Mark for their many contributions to the Penguins throughout the years, and want them well in their future ventures” Rutherford said.
The look for brand-new assistants to work under head coach Mike Sullivan will begin immediately.
” We remain in the process of conducting a review of our company due to the fact that we have actually underperformed in the playoffs the last couple of years,” Rutherford said. “We simply thought we required to change the dynamic of our training staff. We have really high standards here in Pittsburgh, and we wish to continue completing for Stanley Cups. The message to our fans is that We are not restoring, were re-tooling.”.
The agreements of Gonchar, Martin and Recchi expired at the end of June but were momentarily extended for the playoffs.
The Pittsburgh Penguins will not renew the agreements of assistant coaches Sergei Gonchar, Jacques Martin and Mark Recchi, it was announced today by executive vice president and general manager Jim Rutherford.
