The Bruins announced on Tuesday that they have fired Jim Montgomery amid an 8-9-3 start to the season. Joe Sacco is the interim head coach.

With the team not just failing to meet expectations but utterly flailing in every category, Bruins’ management decided to go with the tried and true NHL remedy. They fired the coach. Mired with an 8-9-3 record after Monday’s 5-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets,

BOSTON -- Joe Sacco is undefeated as head coach of the Boston Bruins. In his first game as the man in charge on the Boston bench, Sacco and the Bruins picked up a 1-0 victory over the Utah Hockey Club at TD Garden on Thursday night.