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Wild fire head coach Bruce Boudreau

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The Minnesota Wild, fighting for a playoff spot, have fired head coach Bruce Boudreau. The announcement was made by the team 12 hours after a deflating 4-3 overtime shootout loss to the New York Rangers.

Boudreau was in the final year of a four-year contract. He led the team to the playoffs in his first two seasons but the Wild lost in the first round both years. Minnesota missed the postseason in 2018-19 and are in danger of doing so again in 2019-20.

The Wild hired general manager Bill Guerin this offseason and now he’ll get to decide who will be Minnesota’s next head coach.

Boudreau finishes with a 158-110-35 record with the Wild, who are in fifth place in the Central Division with a 27-23-7 record.

Check back for more on this story as it develops.

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