Former Rangers coach Gerard Gallant headed to KHL
Former Rangers head coach Gerard Gallant is headed overseas.
Gallant is set to coach in the KHL, according to The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun, though it was not revealed which team in the Russian pro league he’ll be joining.
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The 61-year-old spent two years with the Blueshirts, leading the Rangers to a 52-24-6 mark in his first season en route to a surprising upset over the Hurricanes in the conference semifinals in 2021-22.
In his second season at the helm, Gallant’s squad went 47-22-13 for 107 points, but flamed out against the Devils in a seven-game, first-round series that hastened his exit.
He hasn’t been able to land a head-coaching gig stateside since.
The Rangers haven’t exactly found their rock in the following seasons, moving on from Peter Laviolette this past offseason after his two seasons on Broadway.
They hope longtime Penguins coach Mike Sullivan will be the answer as he prepares for his first go-round with the team.
In parts of 11 NHL seasons, Gallant has put together a 369-262-4-70 mark, spending time behind the benches with the Blue Jackets, Panthers and Golden Knights before coming to New York.
He was famously fired by Florida in 2016 after an 11-10-1 start which saw him getting into a cab outside PNC Arena in Raleigh following a loss to the Hurricanes.
Gallant is not the first former Rangers head coach to move to the KHL: Mike Keenan, coach of the 1994 Stanley Cup-winning team, won the KHL championship with Metallurg Magnitogorsk in 2014.
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