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tRY IT NOWDavid Quinn is following Mike Sullivan back to New York.
The former rookie Rangers coach, who stood behind the bench for three seasons from 2018-21, is set to remain on Sullivan’s staff — after the two reunited in Pittsburgh last season — and return to his first NHL club as an assistant, per a league source.
Joe Sacco and Ty Hennes will fill out the remainder of the Rangers coaching staff. Official titles are still unclear.
Rising from a five-season run as head coach at Boston University, Quinn was hired to lead the Rangers through a sort of fast-tracked rebuild in May 2018. Nine months earlier, the Rangers released The Letter to fans announcing their intentions.
Quinn finished with a 96-87-25 record at the helm and only a qualifying-round appearance in the 2020 bubble playoffs following the COVID-19-impacted 2019-20 season. The Rangers dismissed Quinn, as well as general manager Jeff Gorton and president John Davidson, after the team capped another playoff-less season with a five-game losing streak to clubs that manhandled them both skillfully and physically.
That included the infamous Tom Wilson game on May 3, 2021, when the Capitals agitator pushed his stick down on Pavel Buchnevich’s neck and rag-dolled star Artemi Panarin.
Both Sacco and Quinn were in the mix for other opportunities around the league, per a source, but the Rangers were able to secure the two.
Leaving his interim head coaching job with the Bruins, Sacco joins the Rangers after 12 seasons in Boston.
Hennes worked under Sullivan for the past two seasons in Pittsburgh and remains on his staff.