By Jeremy Rutherford, Fluto Shinzawa and Alex Andrejev
The St. Louis Blues have fired coach Drew Bannister and immediately hired former Boston Bruins coach Jim Montgomery as his replacement, the team announced Sunday. The Blues signed Montgomery, who the Bruins fired Tuesday, to a five-year contract to become the 28th head coach in the team’s history.
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The Blues are 9-12-1 this season and coming off a 3-1 loss to the New York Islanders on Saturday.
St. Louis named Bannister, 50, its interim head coach in December 2023 after firing Craig Berube and promoted him to the permanent head-coaching role on a two-year contract after the 2023-24 season.
He went 30-19-5 as interim coach
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