Vegas Golden Knights hiring Bruce Cassidy as new head coach, source says

The Vegas Golden Knights are hiring Bruce Cassidy as their new head coach, ESPN hockey analyst Kevin Weekes reported Tuesday.

Cassidy, the longtime Bruins coach who was surprisingly let go by the team earlier this month, will replace the fired Peter DeBoer in Las Vegas.

Cassidy was expected to be a hot commodity on the NHL job market, and that proved the case. His agreement with the Golden Knights came just over a week after his June 6 firing by Boston.

He had led the Bruins since February 2017, going 245-108-46 and leading them to the Stanley Cup playoffs in each of his six seasons, including a Stanley Cup Final appearance in 2019. Boston was eliminated in the first round by the Carolina Hurricanes this season.