Dismissal: Ian Laperrière blames his friend Daniel Brière

Over the summer, Ian Laperrière lost his job as head coach of the Flyers' feeder club, and the man many saw as a candidate to ride the Flyers' bench in the NHL was fired for the first time in his life. You may say he was offered a consulting job in Philly, but he's the first to say it: this isn't a promotion. The Québécois wants to lead, and he's not afraid to talk about being fired. On the day of his dismissal, he drove two hours to the Flyers' practice arena to meet Daniel Brière, who broke the news to him. And as he told Mario Langlois in an interview on 98.5 FM, he didn't expect to lose his job.

Laperrière may not want to speak ill of the Flyers, who have taken care of him and his family for the past 15 years even though he only played one year for them, but he clearly resents Brière, with whom he had a friendly bond. Laperrière was asked if this would change his bond with Brière. And after a long silence, he replied: “

Time will tell.

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Ian Laperrière

In fact, if you need another clue that Laperrière is angry and no longer wanted to work with the Flyers, consider this: he chose to go work with the New York Islanders, as a professional scout, even though he spent his time saying he wanted to be behind a bench. Those who listened to the interview with Mario Langlois know that Laperrière often repeated that he still has the fire to lead. He says he's been interviewed several times this summer, both in the NHL and the AHL, and that he was recently shortlisted for an assistant position with a Bettman Tour team. Is he talking about the Flames, who have just hired Dave Lowry as an assistant? Maybe.So to agree to become a professional scout under Mathieu Darche and Ryan Bowness, in a position not related to coaching… that means a link has been broken with the Flyers, who have agreed to release him from his consulting position for 2025-2026. We can understand that.

'Overtime'

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– The guy wants to play with his brothers and he knows that's not going to happen in Vancouver, in my opinion.

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– Wow.

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it like for a journalist trying to follow the practice of Kristopher Letang and Bokondji Imama, two of the NHL's greatest training machines?

I'll kill the plot: I threw up. I thought my legs were going to explode. https://t.co/HwPBxoxazG –Nicolas Cloutier (@NCloutierTVA) September 3, 2025