{"id":30446,"date":"2018-06-05T14:28:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T18:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=30446"},"modified":"2018-06-05T15:41:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T19:41:33","slug":"new-york-islanders-fire-gm-garth-snow-and-head-coach-doug-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/06\/05\/new-york-islanders-fire-gm-garth-snow-and-head-coach-doug-wilson\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Islanders Fire GM Garth Snow and Head Coach Doug Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RED ALERT! MASSIVE NEWS ON THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON!\u00a0The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/islanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Islanders<\/a> relieved both general manager <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/snowga01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Garth Snow<\/a><\/strong> and head coach <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/weighdo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Doug Weight<\/a><\/strong> of their duties\u00a0on Tuesday, Islanders president of hockey operations\u00a0Lou Lamoriello announced.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Isles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Isles<\/a> News: Garth Snow and Doug Weight have been relieved of their duties. Lou Lamoriello will assume the responsibilities of General Manager and begin the process to find a new Head Coach.<\/p>\n<p>Details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bm5cKNtak8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/bm5cKNtak8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lj96EK6PWP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Lj96EK6PWP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYIslanders\/status\/1004060455273410561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>New York Islanders Relive GM Garth Snow and Head Coach <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/wilsodo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Doug Wilson<\/a> of Their Duties<\/h1>\n<p>The team has announced that Lamoriello will be the new GM<\/p>\n<p>Lamoriello looks to\u00a0begin the process of finding a new head coach\u00a0 as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The New York Islanders would like to thank both Garth and Doug for their dedication to the franchise,&#8221; Lamoriello said. &#8220;Both started their tenures with the franchise as players and grew as tremendous leaders to the positions they held.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Snow and Weight will remain with the organization.<\/p>\n<h2>Their pasts with the Islanders<\/h2>\n<p>Snow was named general manager of the\u00a0Islanders in 2006, taking over from Neil Smith. He oversaw four coaching changes and hired Weight to take over for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/capuaja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Capuano<\/a> last season.<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders went 24-12-4 once Weight took over as the team&#8217;s head coach last year, but failed to reach the postseason. The team went 35-37-10 in Weight&#8217;s second season with the team.<\/p>\n<p>Lamoriello spent the past three seasons as general manager of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/maple-leafs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a>, but was moved to an advisor in April. The Leafs then named <strong>Kyle Dubas<\/strong> as the team&#8217;s general manager.<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders are entering a crucial off-season as star centre <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tavarjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Tavares<\/a><\/strong> approaches free agency on July 1.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"WRojAqNFRltmiyDMyL7Huw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/801337172\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'WRojAqNFRltmiyDMyL7Huw',sig:'UTIMAsGZPAimTafh7AEPZZZzLtPvV2OxhJVEge3e2d8=',w:'594px',h:'405px',items:'801337172',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RED ALERT! MASSIVE NEWS ON THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON!\u00a0The New York Islanders relieved both general manager Garth Snow and head coach Doug Weight of their duties\u00a0on Tuesday, Islanders president of hockey operations\u00a0Lou Lamoriello announced. #Isles News: Garth Snow and Doug Weight have been relieved of their duties. 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