After a disappointing 8-9-3 start, the Bruins announced on Tuesday that they have fired head coach Jim Montgomery.
Bruins associate coach Joe Sacco will take over as the team’s interim head coach.
Montgomery was in the midst of his third season with the Bruins, amassing a record of 120-41-23 over 184 total games as Boston’s bench boss.
Despite achieving plenty of regular-season success in each of his first two seasons with Boston, the Bruins’ sluggish play out of the gate in 2024-25 prompted Don Sweeney and Co. to make a coaching change.
“Today, I made a very difficult decision with regards to a coaching change,” Sweeney said in a team release.