{"id":27230,"date":"2018-04-17T16:21:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T20:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=27230"},"modified":"2018-04-17T16:38:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T20:38:54","slug":"montreal-canadiens-fire-ahl-coach-sylvain-lefebvre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/04\/17\/montreal-canadiens-fire-ahl-coach-sylvain-lefebvre\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Canadiens fire AHL Coach Sylvain Lefebvre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/canadiens\/\" target=\"_self\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a> general manager <strong><a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bergema01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&#038;utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker-\" onclick=\"sr_record_analytics_event(&#039;newsfeed_click&#039;,&#039;&#039;, sr_record_directory(),&#039;sr_tracker&#039;);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marc  Bergevin<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>announced today that the club has relieved <strong><a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lefebsy01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&#038;utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker-\" onclick=\"sr_record_analytics_event(&#039;newsfeed_click&#039;,&#039;&#039;, sr_record_directory(),&#039;sr_tracker&#039;);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sylvain  Lefebvre<\/a><\/strong> of his duties as the head coach of the club&#8217;s AHL affiliate, the Laval Rocket.\u00a0 Lefebvre has been the coach of the Habs AHL affiliate for the last six years, including stops with the Hamilton Bulldogs, St. John&#8217;s IceCaps, and in Laval. His team&#8217;s have missed the playoffs in five of his six seasons as coach.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sylvain  Lefebvre relieved of his duties as head coach of the Laval Rocket.<\/p>\n<p>DETAILS -&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/27iCnrWK8g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/27iCnrWK8g<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DrTmOqd9tz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/DrTmOqd9tz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Canadiens Montr\u00e9al (@CanadiensMTL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadiensMTL\/status\/986294261091110916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1>Marc  Bergevin Fires Laval Rocket Head Coach Sylvain  Lefebvre<\/h1>\n<p>Lefebvre, 50, coached the Canadiens AHL affiliate for six years.\u00a0Lefebvre had a 188-210-37-21 record in his time coaching in the AHL. The Rocket were\u00a024-42-7-3, finishing dead last in the league. They lost their\u00a0last 12 games of the season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like to sincerely thank Sylvain for his loyalty, his hard work and his contribution to the Montreal Canadiens&#8217; organization over the past six seasons with Hamilton, St. John&#8217;s and Laval. Challenges are extremely demanding as a Head Coach in the AHL, and Sylvain and his group had to overcome several difficult situations over the years. The decision to remove Sylvain from his coaching duties was a difficult one because I have a lot of respect for him and I consider him to be an excellent coach. I took the time to discuss the situation with Larry Carri\u00e8re, and concluded that our development team needed a new direction in the head coaching position,&#8221; said Bergevin in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/canadiens\/news\/sylvain-lefebvre-relieved-of-his-duties-with-laval\/c-298059284\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">team press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant coaches <strong><a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dufredo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&#038;utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker-\" onclick=\"sr_record_analytics_event(&#039;newsfeed_click&#039;,&#039;&#039;, sr_record_directory(),&#039;sr_tracker&#039;);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donald  Dufresne<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Nick Carri\u00e8re<\/strong> and <strong>Marco Marciano<\/strong> are still with the team. 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