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Oct. 7, 2013 / 11:48 AM

Flyers fire coach Peter Laviolette after three games

Just three games into the season, the Flyers have fired their coach.

Philadelphia Flyers coach Peter Laviolette tells a news conference that the team will be ready for the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2010 Stanley Cup. Laviolette has been fired from the Flyers just three games into the season. UPI/John Anderson

Philadelphia Flyers coach Peter Laviolette tells a news conference that the team will be ready for the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2010 Stanley Cup. Laviolette has been fired from the Flyers just three games into the season. UPI/John Anderson | License Photo

Peter Laviolette has been axed as Flyers coach just three games into the season.

Laviolette took over in the middle of the 2009-2010 season and took the team to the Stanley Cup final. The next two seasons resulted in second-round playoff losses. Last year, the team did not make it to the postseason.

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He was expected to leave rather than begin a rebuilding process for the team, and an 0-3 start expedited his departure.

Fired just three games into the season, Laviolette now has the record for the quickest sacking of an NHL coach. Assistant coach Craig Berube will become head coach.

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