The Chicago Blackhawks announced in a press release this afternoon that they have fired head coach Luke Richardson. Rockford head coach Anders Sorensen will replace Richardson behind the Hawks bench as the interim head coach, and Mark Eaton will replace Sorensen in Rockford.

Here’s what Kyle Davidson had to say about the decision today:

“Today I made the difficult decision to move on from Luke as our head coach. We thank him for his efforts and contributions to the organization and our community,” Davidson said. “As we have begun to take steps forward in our rebuilding process, we felt that the results did not match our expectations for a higher level of execution this season and ultimately came to the decision that a change was necessary. We wish Luke and his family all the best moving forward.

“On behalf of the entire Blackhawks organization, I’d like to thank Luke for his dedication over the past three seasons,” said Blackhawks Chairman and CEO Danny Wirtz. “I fully support Kyle’s decision in making this change as he continues to do what is needed to move our team forward. I have the utmost confidence in him and the rest of our Hockey Operations team as they begin their search for the next head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks.”

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