Updated: 5:35 p.m.
The Flyers gave it the good old college try.
General manager Chuck Fletcher is firing Dave Hakstol and hiring Joel Quenneville as the team's next head coach, according to a report Sunday by Dave Isaac of the Courier Post. It comes just three weeks after the team relieved Ron Hextall of his duties and replaced him with Fletcher. Per the report, the Flyers will announce the firing Sunday night or Monday morning.
However, the Flyers have not made any official announcement. The team was flying back from Vancouver today following a 1-3-1 road trip. According to a report by TSN's Darren Dreger, a decision on Hakstol has not been made. Also, according to a report by FOX Sports Midwest's Andy Strickland, Quenneville has not taken the job. A source confirmed Strickland's report to NBC Sports Philadelphia.
The Flyers' five-game road swing ended disastrously as the team lost four straight games, a stretch in which it allowed 22 goals. Overall, the Flyers are 12-15-4 with 28 points and in last place of the Metropolitan Division 31 games into a season with much greater expectations.
The Flyers are also allowing the second-most goals per game at 3.74 and have regressed in Year 4 under Hakstol, who was hired by Hextall.
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