Coach Cassidy lands gig with Golden Knights
Bruce Cassidy reportedly has a new job just eight days after being relieved of his previous one.
The Vegas Golden Knights have hired Cassidy as their new head coach, the NHL team announced Tuesday.
Cassidy, 57, was fired by the Boston Bruins on June 6. He replaces Peter Deboer, fired by Vegas on May 16.
Cassidy took over the Bruins' top job in February 2017 and amassed a 245-108-46 record in the next fiveplus seasons. The Bruins reached the 2019 Stanley Cup Final, where they lost to the St. Louis Blues.
The Bruins went 51-26-5 last season and bowed out in the first round of the playoffs following a seven-game series loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.
Cassidy had worked in the Bruins organization since the 200809 season, when he joined AHL affiliate Providence as an assistant coach.
He went 47-47-9 in one-plus seasons as head coach of the Washington Capitals from 2002-04.
Cassidy won the Jack Adams Award for top coach in the NHL in 2019-20.
Deboer was fired after the Golden Knights missed the post-season for the first time in the team's fiveyear history in 2021-22. He guided Vegas to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in each of his first two seasons.
APPLE, MLS ANNOUNCE STREAMING DEAL
Apple's foray into live sports took a big step forward Tuesday.
Apple and Major League Soccer have announced a 10-year partnership on a streaming service that will allow fans to watch every game without local blackouts or restrictions. The service will be available exclusively through the Apple TV app beginning next year.
The deal is Apple's second venture into streaming professional sports. In April, it began airing Friday Night Baseball, an exclusive weekly doubleheader of Major League Baseball games.
The details of the streaming service will be announced in the coming months. The package will be included for fans who have full-season ticket packages for their club.
The release says all matches involving the three Canadian MLS teams will be available in English and French.
Presently, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps matches are shown on TSN, while CF Montreal games are shown on TSN and TVA Sports.
Besides all regular-season and post-season matches, the package includes all Leagues Cup matches — the competition between MLS and Mexico's Liga MX — as well as select MLS Next Pro and MLS Next matches.