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In the past 10 years, four teams have gone on to win the Stanley Cup after firing their head coach during the season. And prior to 2009, only three teams in league history had accomplished the feat. Coincidentally, the Leafs — in 1932 when they replaced Art Duncan with Dick Irvin Sr. — were the first to do it.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are the only franchise to pull off the miracle move twice. Both Dan Bylsma (2009) and Mike Sullivan (2016) were coaching the Penguins' AHL affiliate prior to leading their teams to a Stanley Cup title.
Darryl Sutter did it with the Los Angeles Kings in 2012, also becoming the first No. 8 seed to win.
St. Louis Blues fired Mike Yeo after a 7-9-3 start. Craig Berube took over but on Jan. 1 the Blues were dead last in the league at 15–18–4. However, the team went 30-10-5 the rest of the season, including a franchise-record 11-game winning streak, and beat the Boston Bruins in seven games to win their first Cup in franchise history.
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