Blue Jackets fire Hitchcock
The Columbus Blue Jackets have fired head coach Ken Hitchcock less than a year after he took them to the playoffs.
Assistant Claude Noel will take over the team on an interim basis until a new head coach is named.
Columbus is 14th out of 15th in the Western Conference, which is unacceptable given last year’s results.
The organization said that the team simply wasn’t responding to Hitchcock and a change was needed.
The team’s playoff trip last year was the first ever for the relatively new expansion franchise.
