Blackhawks Chairman Rocky Wirtz released McDonough today in a release that went out to the public. While he was instrumental in turning this organization around when he joined over a decade ago, things have fallen off.
The Blackhawks were facing a tough challenge going into the 2019-20 season, with jobs on the line they had to make the playoffs. With the season on pause due to COVID 19 and the Blackhawks on the outside looking in for a playoff position, this team failed to turn things around again.
McDonough backed general manager Stan Bowman a few years ago when they released Joel Quenneville from head coach of the team.