Coach, GM ousted as Canucks make wholesale changes

The Vancouver Canucks completed an early season house-cleaning by firing general manager Jim Benning, assistant GM John Weisbrod as well as head coach Travis Green and assistant coach Nolan Baumgartner.

The Canucks, who are second-to-last in the Western Conference, announced the wholesale changes early Monday morning.

The team announced Bruce Boudreau as new coach and Scott Walker as assistant coach.

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