Ex-Rangers coach wants to ‘get after it again,’ but where’s his next NHL chance?
Outside of the 2004-05 NHL lockout, this was the first season that Peter Laviolette didn’t coach in the League in 25 years. Fired by the New York Rangers after the 2024-25 campaign, Laviolette decamped to his home in Florida, had plenty of family time, and watched lots of hockey from the comfort of his living room. And he didn’t hate it.
In fact, Laviolette quite enjoyed this season-long vacation — a paid vacation it should be noted, since the Rangers are on the hook for the rest of his contract, unless he takes another job. “It’s been good. I mean, everyone wants to work, but honestly I think a break coming out of New York was good,” Laviolette explained Thursday during a guest spot on NHL Network’s ‘First Shift.
’ “Came down to Florida, got to spend time with my family. Got to watch my son (Peter Jr. ) play hockey — he played down here in Florida (Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL) and ended up in Savannah (Ghost Pirates), so I got to see him play.
You miss so much in the course of your kids’ lives in regard to their own sports and what’s going on. So, the fact that I was able to do that, and I saw my daughter over in Scotland, and her boyfriend plays on a [golf] tour there, and then went over to St. Andrew’s, so there are things that you get to do that you just don’t get to do during the season, so that was really good.
” That said, retirement doesn’t seem to be anything Laviolette’s considering right now. Instead, the 61-year-old sounded the part of a man ready to get back to work. “Now, sitting here and watching the playoffs, you just want to get back out there and get after it again.
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