Joel Quenneville from Anaheim Ducks for his first head coach job, since Blackhawk's abuse scandal

By Greg Biacham

Anaheim, California (AP) -Joel Quenneville returns to the NHL with the Anaheim Ducks in order to withdraw his first head coaches in the history of the league since the second most tested coach and was banned with sexual assault because of his treatment of a scandal.

The 66-year-old Quenneville was hired on Thursday by General Manager of Ducks, Pat Verbek, for his first coaching job since his resignation from the Florida Panthers 3 1/2 years ago after dealing with the sexual abutment scandal during his tenure with the Chicago Blackhawks.

Verbeek described the Move “a big step forward in our process of being a multi -year -old playoff candidate” and said that the team took its due diligence.

“In the past two weeks, we have had interviews with many outstanding coaching candidates, while at the same time we carried out a comprehensive review of what took place, while Joel was head coach of the Blackhawks in 2010,” he said. “Our results agree with Joel's report that he was not fully aware of the difficulty of what happened in 2010. It is clear that Joel deeply regretted to observe more questions at this time, make a meaningful personal growth and accountability accessible and to have the opportunity to return to coaching.”

The executives of Quenneville and Blackhawks, Stan Bowman and Al Macisaac, were banished by the NHL for almost three years after an independent examination came to the conclusion that the team was abused by the team of the team against the team against the team of the team against the team of the team against the trio all -time administrator of the team.

Quenneville said he was “really grateful” to be back in the league.

“In almost four years before the game, I learned from my earlier mistakes and found that these are actions about words that show my commitment to a better leader,” he said.

Before his departure, Quenneville spent parts of 25 NHL games behind the benches of St. Louis, Colorado, Chicago and Florida and established himself as the most constant winner coach in his era.

He led the Blackhawks to the Stanley Cup championships in 2010, 2013 and 2015.

Quenneville's reputation and career were severely damaged by his role in the treatment of accusations against Aldrich by his role in the treatment of Blackhawks. After four seasons from sports, the 13-year-old NHL defender gets another chance behind the banking dies with a franchise in the middle of a lengthy reconstruction process.

Quenneville takes over a team that missed the playoffs for seven in a row that has missed the third longest -long absence in the NHL. Anaheim took sixth place in the Pacific Division with 35-37-10 this season after being in the lower two in the last four consecutive years.

He replaces Greg Cronin, who was surprisingly released by Verbeek after his second season. Cronin led the ducks to a 21-point improvement in his second season, but Verbeek changed the course for reasons that he leaned to reveal himself when he announced shooting.

During the announcement of the change, Verbeek said that the ducks would expect the playoffs to do the playoffs next season. This is a statement that the first GM had never held responsible for the franchise franchise of owner Henry Samueli in its 3 1/2 years.

And Quenneville has a lot of experience with bringing teams into the post -season. His teams made 20 Stanley Cup Playoff appearances and reached the post -season in all of the 22 seasons he ended.

Quenneville inherits a team with an abundant component of young talents. The roster includes the number 2 of the overall winner Leo Carlsson, the No. 3-Picks Mason Mctavish and Beckett Sennecke, promising Forward Cutter Gauthier, rising defender Jackson Lacombe and Pavel Mintyukov and several veteran strikers, including twice all-star Troy Terry and Trevor Zegra.

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