Bruins fire head coach Claude Julien

BOSTON — Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney announced Tuesday that the team has fired head coach Claude Julien.

Julien has led the team to a 26-23-6 record (58 points) through 55 games this season.

Assistant Coach Bruce Cassidy will assume interim head coaching duties.

Julien was in his 10th season with the Bruins in 2016-17, having been named the 27th head coach in team history on June 21, 2007, the team said in a statement.

He was the longest tenured active head coach in the National Hockey League.

Julien is Boston’s all-time coaching wins leader with 419 career victories, compiling a 419-246-94 record and .614 winning percentage in 759 games with the club, the team said.

The Bruins advanced to the playoffs in seven of his nine years behind the Boston bench, and he owns the club career coaching record with 57 postseason wins. The team said in a statement that he also led the Bruins to a Stanley Cup Championship in 2011, a return to the Stanley Cup Final in 2013 and a Presidents' Trophy in 2014.

Julien also won the Jack Adams Trophy as the league’s top coach following the 2008-09 season.

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