But the way the Minnesota Wild have been playing, the general manager felt he had no choice but to switch head coaches to try to get them back on track.
The Wild went 5-10-4 under Evason this season.
The Wild are 22nd in the league in goals per game (2.95) and second-to-last in goals allowed per game (3.95).
Dwyer had been serving as an assistant this season for the Iowa Wild in the AHL.
“We were pretty optimistic when the season started and, you know, it’s not like from Game 1 it was bad.
Persons:
Bill Guerin didn't, Dean Evason, ” Guerin, “, ’, Evason, John Hynes, Bruce Boudreau, Guerin, Louis, Hynes, ” Hynes, Matt Boldy, Kirill Kaprizov, There’s, Patrick Dwyer, Bob Woods, Dwyer, we’ve, We’ve, it’s, Marcus Foligno, It’s, ”
Organizations:
Minnesota, Evason, Nashville, Iowa, AHL, “, Blues
Locations:
New Jersey