The winless Philadelphia Flyers sacked head coach Peter Laviolette just three games into the regular season, the National Hockey League club announced on Monday.
Assistant coach Craig Berube will replace Laviolette as the coach of the Flyers who dropped to 0-3 with Sunday's 2-1 NHL loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Flyers have scored just once in each of their three losses.
It's the fastest coaching change in the NHL since 1969 when the Detroit Red Wings replaced Bill Gadsby after just two games.
Chairman Ed Snider said he had grave concerns about the team by the end of the pre-season.
"I thought our training camp, quite frankly, was one of the worst training camps I've ever seen," Snider said.
"I'm not talking about wins or losses. There was nothing exciting. Nobody shined. Nobody looked good. I couldn't point to one thing that I thought was a positive.
"Unfortunately, my worries were realised."
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