Sources: Enter Ducks Joel Quenneville in his NHL return

The Anaheim Ducks stop Joel Quenneville as the new head coach, confirmed sources towards ESPN on Thursday.

An announcement of the hiring of Quenneville and an introductory press conference is expected on Thursday.

Quenneville has not been in the NHL since 2021, after leaving Florida Panthers coach in the following the examination of the Chicago Blackhawks. In an independent report by a law firm in October 2021 it was found out how the Blackhawks organization did not correctly address the player's allegation that he was sexually attacked by the Video coach Brad Aldrich in 2010 during the 2010 Stanley Cup run.

The league found that the then coach Quenneville, the then general manager Stan Bowman and the then executive Al Macisaac did not work for other NHL teams, and the Blackhawks were occupied with a fine of $ 2 million for inappropriate guidelines. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman raised this ban in July 2024, with the league “sincere remorse” of the three men finding the allegations because of their “unacceptable” response. Bowman has since been discontinued as General Manager of Edmonton Oilers.

The ducks have experienced a comprehensive insight into the role of Quenneville in the past few weeks, said Sources with ESPN, to which the team had spoken to Beach and other interest representative groups in which Quenneville had built relationships. The ducks found that Quenneville continued to do the necessary work to understand how the 2010 errors can be reformed.

Anaheim searched for a trainer after firing Greg Cronin after his second season. Despite an improvement of 21 points in 2024-25, the Ducks no longer reached the playoffs in seven seasons.

Sources said David Carle had a long two -day interview with the ducks before he said goodbye to Denver University. The ducks turned to Mike Sullivan, but never interviewed him when the long -time coach of Pittsburgh Penguins selected the New York Rangers. Sources said that Jay Woodcroft and Rick Tocchet were the other two candidates who were remaining when the ducks hired quenneville.

Quenneville, 66, occupied the Colorado Avalanche, St. Louis Blues, Blackhawks and Panthers in the NHL with 969 victories of the regular season. Quenneville led Chicago to three Stanley Cups.

TSN was the first to report on Quenneville's attitude.