Jets dismiss coach Claude Noel
— -- The Winnipeg Jets have fired Claude Noel amid his third season, seven months after signing their head coach to an extension.
The Jets have hired former Carolina coach Paul Maurice as Noel's replacement, the team said Sunday in a news release.
The team also fired assistant coach Perry Pearn.
The Jets dropped to 19-23-5 after a loss Saturday to the Blue Jackets and were in third-to-last place in the Western Conference.
They have lost five straight games and 11 of their last 16.
Winnipeg had signed Noel to a one-year contract extension in June after a season in which the team failed to make the playoffs.
The Jets went 24-21-3 and finished ninth in the Eastern Conference last season.
Noel coached the Jets to a 37-35-10 record in 2011-12, the club's first season in Winnipeg after relocating from Atlanta. They switched to the West this season as the NHL realigned its divisions and conferences.
Before moving to Winnipeg, Noel spent four seasons in Columbus as an assistant and was head coach for the final 24 games of the 2009-10 season after Ken Hitchcock was fired.
The Jets franchise hasn't been to the playoffs since the 2006-07 season, when the Thrashers were swept by the Rangers.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this reported.
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