The Blackhawks made a lot of changes over the summer, so the firing of Rockford coach Ted Dent got overshadowed a bit. On Wednesday, Elliotte Friedman opened his 31 Thoughts column with an update on Dent, who is now coaching with the Niagara IceDogs in the OHL. (IceHogs to IceDogs. Huh.)
The Hawks reportedly fired Dent after a tumultuous end to his 11-year stint in Rockford that included tweeting and deleting his frustration with a pair of trades and telling AHL players to call Chicago GM Stan Bowman if they had any issues with the team’s lineup.