From tsn.ca ...
Cory Clouston's stay as the coach of the Ottawa Senators has officially come to an end.
The Senators fired their bench boss and two assistants on Saturday just hours after losing their last game of the season to Boston.
After a disappointing season that saw the Senators miss the playoffs in the East, while posting a 32-40-10 record, general manager Bryan Murray had seen enough.
Clouston, who was in the final year of his contract, which was set to expire on July 31st, was dismissed by the team along with assistant oaches Greg Carvel and Brad Lauer.
Goaltending coach Rick Wamsley and assistant Luke Richardson have been retained by the team.
The move came one day after Murray was given a vote of confidence by the team with a three-year contract extension.
The 41-year-old Clouston, who was named Ottawa's ninth head coach on Feb. 2, 2009 after being promoted from the Binghamton Senators, posted a career NHL head-coaching record of 95-83-20.
In one playoff series with the Senators against the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009-10, Clouston had two wins and four losses.
Murray will begin his fifth season as Senators' general manager next year with his fifth head coach. He has now fired Craig Hartsburg, John Paddock, and Clouston, and he himself served behind the bench after Paddock was dismissed in 2007-08.