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Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin on Friday announced the club has . Boudreau had coached the team since the start of the 2016-17 season; the Wild made the playoffs in his first two seasonsas bench bo sand were bounced in the first round each time. Last season, Minnesota finished seven points out of a playoff spot. While the club sits just three points out of the Western Conference wild card this year (27-23-7, 61) Guerin and the front office felt it was time to part ways with Mitchell Trubisky Jersey Boudreau. first broke the story Friday morning and additionally reported that a sistant coach Dean Evason will serve as the team's interim head coach for the John Leglue Jersey remainder of the regular season. After the season's conclusion, Guerin said the franchise will conduct a search for a new head coach a search that Evason will likely be included in. "I would like to thank Bruce for his hard work and commitment to the Minnesota Wild during his tenure with the organization and wish him and his family the best in the future," Guerin said in a statement. MORE: NEWS: General Manager Bill Guerin announced the club has relieved Head Coach Bruce Boudreau of his coaching duties. Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) Boudreau's firing comes at an odd time for the Wild; the team is 6-3-1 in its last 10 games and could still make the playoffs if the team finishesstrongly. But given that multipleWestern Conference teams are still vying for a spot in the postseason with fired coaches this season (Vegas, Nashville), it's not nece sarily a sign that Minnesota's front office thinks the season is lost. In a pre s conference Friday, Guerin said he felt Minnesota's players simply need a different voice right now as the team pushes toward a playoff spot. Its not just one win, its not one Tre Norwood Jersey lo s, its not one week," . "Its a series of things. Even though Bruce and I have had a great relationship, I really enjoyed working with him, I learned a lot from him, I think he liked working with me. The most important thing is that the players are going into this stretch run on a high and I felt like they just needed a different voice right now. Evason, the club's newinterim head coach, played B.J. Finney Jersey 13 NHL seasons between 1983-96 for five different franchises, most notably the Hartford Whalers organization. Minnesota in June 2018, after several years as the head coach of the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals, theNashville Predators' affiliate. He had also previously worked as an a sistant coach in the Washington Capitals organization (2005-12) and as a head coach with three separate teams in in the Western Hockey League (1999-2005). This Pittsburgh Steelers Jersey is not new to him," referring to Evason's NHL experience. "I know Dean has his own thoughts and beliefs and what he believes is going to give us succe s. According to , Boudreau was in the final year of his contract with the Wild and had a deal in place to serve as a consultant for the next two seasons.