The report's fallout has been massive: Chicago general manager Stan Bowman resigned and Quenneville left his job with Florida. Florida plays Saturday at Boston, then not again until a home game Thursday against Washington. The Panthers haven't said if their intention is for Brunette to have the job for a few days, a few weeks or few months. 'It's not easy for everybody, but we're going to go through it as a team.' 'He's a great guy and I'm sure he's going to be a great coach for now,' Panthers forward Jonathan Huberdeau said.
A report into what the Blackhawks did and didn't do at the time – the inference was the team ignored Beach and prioritized its run to the Cup instead – was released this week, and Quenneville's job was in immediate jeopardy when it came out.īrunette was picked as the interim coach shortly after Quenneville's decision to resign was revealed Thursday night. Quenneville was Chicago's coach when Beach said he was assaulted by video coach Brad Aldrich. Quenneville resigned Thursday, two days after the second-winningest coach in NHL history was among those implicated for not swiftly responding to Beach's allegations of being sexually assaulted by another coach during the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs.
