BREAKING: Sabres fire head coach Phil Housley.
have fired head coach Phil Housley after two seasons in charge.
Buffalo Sabres General Manager Jason Botterill has announced that Head Coach Phil Housley has been relieved of his duties.Housley, 55, was hired by the Sabres in June 2017 and coached the team to a 58-84-22 record without booking a trip the playoffs.They allowed 3.33 goals per game, ranking 30th. Aside from raw numbers, an inability to create winning lineups and fix mistakes that repeated throughout season doomed him. Failed to inspire.After an impressive start to the 2018-19 season, Buffalo was one of the league’s worst teams over the final months of the regular season and missed out on the post-season for the eighth straight year.
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