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Hunter takes over from Boudreau
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November 30, 2011, Wednesday
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THE slumping Washington Capitals moved to resuscitate their once-promising season on Monday by firing head coach Bruce Boudreau and replacing him with former team captain Dale Hunter.
Despite the presence of two-time most valuable player Alex Ovechkin and a talented group of young players, the Capitals have lost six of their last eight games and stumbled into eighth place in the 15-team Eastern Conference.
A 1-5 whipping on Saturday by the Buffalo Sabres, a team missing nine regular players, was the final straw for General Manager George McPhee.
"This wasn't a slump," he told reporters. "You can ride out slumps. This was simply a case of the players were no longer responding to Bruce."
Boudreau posted a record of 201-88-40 in four-plus seasons behind the Washington bench, recently becoming the fastest National Hockey League coach to record 200 regular season victories.
The hard-nosed, 51-year-old Hunter appeared in 872 games from 1987 to 1999 and served as team captain from 1994 to 1999.
Despite the presence of two-time most valuable player Alex Ovechkin and a talented group of young players, the Capitals have lost six of their last eight games and stumbled into eighth place in the 15-team Eastern Conference.
A 1-5 whipping on Saturday by the Buffalo Sabres, a team missing nine regular players, was the final straw for General Manager George McPhee.
"This wasn't a slump," he told reporters. "You can ride out slumps. This was simply a case of the players were no longer responding to Bruce."
Boudreau posted a record of 201-88-40 in four-plus seasons behind the Washington bench, recently becoming the fastest National Hockey League coach to record 200 regular season victories.
The hard-nosed, 51-year-old Hunter appeared in 872 games from 1987 to 1999 and served as team captain from 1994 to 1999.
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