Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan is ‘parting ways’ with the organization, President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Kyle Dubas announced. VIDEO ABOVE: Sullivan gives speech at Penguins Stanley Cup parade in 2016 “On behalf of Fenway Sports Group and the Penguins organization, I would like to thank Mike Sullivan for his unwavering commitment and loyalty to the team and City of Pittsburgh over the past decade,” said Dubas.Sullivan, the second longest-tenured coach in the NHL behind Tampa Bay’s Jon Cooper, was expected to return for what would have been his 10th full season with Pittsburgh.Dubas said Sullivan’s impact on the Penguins organization will forever be a part of the team’s history: “Not only for the impressive back-to-back Cups, his impact on the core of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang and Bryan Rust, but more importantly, for his love and loyalty to the organization. Sullivan was brought up to the Pittsburgh Penguins from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in December of 2015.From that point, Sullivan led the team to back-to-back Stanley Cup Championships in 2016.He’s had 409 wins with the team, making him the Penguins’ all-time win leader and the 14th coach in the NHL to win 400 games with one team. The team has failed to make the playoffs for the past three seasons. Dubas says the search for the team’s next head coach will begin immediately.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.[/relatedThe Associated Press has contributed to this article.

PITTSBURGH —

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan is ‘parting ways’ with the organization, President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Kyle Dubas announced.

VIDEO ABOVE: Sullivan gives speech at Penguins Stanley Cup parade in 2016

“On behalf of Fenway Sports Group and the Penguins organization, I would like to thank Mike Sullivan for his unwavering commitment and loyalty to the team and City of Pittsburgh over the past decade,” said Dubas.

Sullivan, the second longest-tenured coach in the NHL behind Tampa Bay’s Jon Cooper, was expected to return for what would have been his 10th full season with Pittsburgh.

Dubas said Sullivan’s impact on the Penguins organization will forever be a part of the team’s history: “Not only for the impressive back-to-back Cups, his impact on the core of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang and Bryan Rust, but more importantly, for his love and loyalty to the organization.

Sullivan was brought up to the Pittsburgh Penguins from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in December of 2015.

From that point, Sullivan led the team to back-to-back Stanley Cup Championships in 2016.

He’s had 409 wins with the team, making him the Penguins’ all-time win leader and the 14th coach in the NHL to win 400 games with one team.

The team has failed to make the playoffs for the past three seasons.

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Dubas says the search for the team’s next head coach will begin immediately.

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