Sports Desk
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HOCKEY
MAPLE LEAFS FIRE QUINN FOLLOWING LOST SEASON The Toronto Maple Leafs fired Pat Quinn yesterday, two days after Toronto missed the playoffs for the first time in his seven seasons as coach.The 63-year-old Quinn led Toronto to a 41-33-8 record this season. It was only the fourth season in his stellar 19-year coaching career that he missed the playoffs. Overall, Quinn went 300-222-52 with 26 shootout and overtime losses as Leafs coach, twice leading Toronto to the Eastern Conference final, losing to Buffalo in 1998-99 and Carolina 2001-02. He’s fourth all-time in coaching victories with 657 behind Scotty Bowman (1,244),Al Arbour (781), and Dick Irvin (692). Quinn became Toronto’s 25th head coach in June 1998.
PATRICK, PENGUINS PART WAYS Craig Patrick, the Hall of Fame general manager who built the Pittsburgh Penguins’ two Stanley Cup winning teams but had to tear the club apart because of financial problems, is being let go after nearly 17 years on the job.
– Associated Press
