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Avalanche hire Sacco as coach (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Thu, 06/04/2009 - 11:48

The Colorado Avalanche hired Joe Sacco of the AHL as their coach Thursday, a day after firing Tony Granato and shaking up their front office.

Sacco inherits a team coming off its worst finish since moving to Denver in 1995. He was promoted from the Avalanche's American Hockey League affiliate, where he coached the Lake Erie Monsters the past two seasons.

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Avs fire coach Granato, name Sherman GM (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Wed, 06/03/2009 - 11:13

The Colorado Avalanche promoted Greg Sherman to general manager and fired coach Tony Granato and five others in a sweeping shakeup Wednesday.

Sherman has spent the last seven years as the team's assistant general manager and replaces Francois Giguere, who was fired in April following the team's worst finish since moving to Denver in 1995.

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