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Old 12-24-2019, 10:01 AM   #131
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Originally Posted by TheScorpion View Post
My personal favourite fact: none of Guy Charron's 13 games as coach in 1991-92 ever ended with a shutout score, but the two directly preceding his appointment as coach both did. Before being fired mid-season, Doug Risebrough lost 3-0 at home to Philadelphia and then, astoundingly, 11-0 to Vancouver. "Riser" never coached in the NHL again; the Vancouver loss still stands as the Flames' worst shutout defeat ever, and the seventh-largest in NHL history.

Doug was the GM at the time and basically fired himself after those two shutout losses.
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