Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla weighed in on the Bruins' firing of coach Jim Montgomery. Here's what he said about it.

No one should be surprised. Montgomery, following two brilliant regular seasons as bench boss, including a record-setting run of 65-12-5 in his first year, clearly couldn’t come up with an answer to shake the club out of an 8-9-3 death march.

The Boston Bruins have fired head coach Jim Montgomery 20 games into his third season with the team. Associate coach Joe Sacco will replace Montgomery on

The Bruins announced on Tuesday that they have fired Jim Montgomery amid an 8-9-3 start to the season. Joe Sacco is the interim head coach.

In Boston, Montgomery replaced Bruce Cassidy — another likeable Bruins coach whose teams racked up 100-point seasons but flamed out in the postseason. Cassidy was fired three years after leading Boston to the 2019 Stanley Cup Final and hired by Vegas eight days after the Bruins fired him.

The Boston Bruins have fired head coach Jim Montgomery, the team announced on Tuesday.Associate coach Joe Sacco is replacing Montgomery on the Boston bench on an interim basis.Jim Montgomery firedMontgomery was in the final year of a three-year contract that he signed with Boston in June of 2022 to replace Bruce Cassidy.

The Boston Bruins fired Jim Montgomery on Tuesday, 20 games into the current season and two years removed from a historic season when he was named the NHL's coach of the year.

The Boston Bruins have fired head coach Jim Montgomery, the team announced on Tuesday. The change comes amidst a disappointing start to the Bruins after general manager Don Sweeney spent big money attempting to upgrade the roster in the offseason.