First coach fired after the end of the regular season.

It's the first day of the Stanley Cup playoffs and unfortunately for non-playoff teams that often means the first day of big changes within their respective organizations.

There will no doubt be a number of head coaches that will be relieved of their duties after disappointing performances during the regular season but someone had to be the first. Unfortunately for now former Anaheim Ducks head coach Greg Cronin, he has the distinction of being the first head coach to be fired after the conclusion of the 2024-25 National Hockey League regular season.

The Ducks made the announcement official on Saturday morning, indicating that Cronin would not be returning next season after two full seasons behind the bench for the Ducks. Cronin missed the playoffs in both those seasons, although that was not a surprise by any stretch of the imagination, and will end his tenure with the Ducks boasting a record of 62-87-15. Cronin did manage to get some improvement out of his roster year over year, winning just 36% of their games during his first season and bumping that all the way up to just under 49% in his second season behind the bench.

Prior to serving as head coach of the Anaheim Ducks, Cronin served as an assistant coach with the New York Islanders for many years before making the move to becoming a head coach in the American Hockey League for the Colorado Eagles.

I don't know where this next chapter of Cronin's career will take him, but I would like him to wish him all the best in whatever comes next.