Vegas Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy holds up the Stanley Cup Trophy after the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Florida Panthers 9-3 in Game 5 to win the Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in Las Vegas. Photo by:
Sunday, March 29, 2026 | 2:22 p.m.
Bruce Cassidy, who in 2023 coached the Vegas Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup, was fired today by the organization during a late-season slump.
Vegas has lost six of seven games in falling to third place in the Pacific Division. He is being replaced him with veteran John Tortorella, the club said in a statement.
General manager Kelly McCrimmon said in a statement that “a change is necessary for us to return to the level of play that is expected of our club.”
“Under Bruce’s leadership, we reached our ultimate goal in 2023 by bringing a Stanley Cup to Vegas,” he added. ”Bruce will forever be remembered with the utmost regard by our organization for what was accomplished here.”
Tortorella joins the organization for his 24th NHL season as a head coach. He was not in the league this year and was an assistant for the U.S. at the Milan Cortina Olympics when it won gold. He coached Tampa Bay to the Stanley Cup in 2004.