{"id":138056,"date":"2023-06-13T13:19:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T17:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=138056"},"modified":"2023-06-13T13:19:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T17:19:53","slug":"new-york-rangers-hire-new-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/13\/new-york-rangers-hire-new-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Rangers Hire New Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The decision has been made. After division rival Columbus Blue Jackets found their coach, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/rangers\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Rangers<\/a> also have. The New York Rangers head coach is Peter Laviolette. He is the new bench boss of this club and will assemble his own staff.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The 37th Head Coach in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NYR<\/a> history. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YInwtE8M6D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/YInwtE8M6D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Rangers (@NYRangers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYRangers\/status\/1668667488572256277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">New York Rangers Have New Coach In Place<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It was only a matter of time before the club made its decision. After deciding to part ways with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gallage01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gerard Gallant<\/a>, a new head coach was in need. The time has finally come, and the team has a new head coach in place. New York has a bright future ahead, with the core group locked up for the foreseeable future. Laviolette will be tasked with getting this team to achieve the ultimate goal of winning while the roster is entering its best years. New York is coming off two 100+ point seasons and one Eastern Conference final appearance. Ownership and Drury want to build on this success.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Why This Coach Fits<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This New York Rangers head coach hire makes sense. The message was not being sent under Gallant after a disappointing first-round exit. Winning now is a must while developing the younger guys on this roster. However, this is a coach with plenty if experience entering the room. Laviolette has coached for the New York Islanders, Carolina Hurricanes, Philadelphia Flyers, Nashville Predators, and Washington Capitals in the past. In addition, he captured the Stanley Cup in 2006 and made another appearance in 2010 and 2017. His track record is worthy (752-503-150) and he has a winning pedigree attached to him. There is a tall task ahead for this coach. This hire is crucial as he will aim to get the most out of this group. This core group is now slouch with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/z\/zibanmi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mika Zibanejad<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/panarar01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artemi Panarin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/foxad01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Fox<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/shestig01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Igor Shesterkin<\/a> in place. Not to mention the complimentary pieces behind them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Main Photo: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The decision has been made. After division rival Columbus Blue Jackets found their coach, the New York Rangers also have. The New York Rangers head coach is Peter Laviolette. He is the new bench boss of this club and will assemble his own staff. The 37th Head Coach in #NYR history. pic.twitter.com\/YInwtE8M6D &mdash; New York [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4194,"featured_media":138227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,4547,14,4548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-hockey","category-rangers","category-nhl"],"modified_by":"Tommy Bennett","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}