Calgary Flames Burn Off Mike Keenan

The Calgary Flames have fired head coach Mike Keenan.

Keenan became the Flames' coach on June 14th, 2007. In their two seasons under Keenan the Flames went 88-60-16 and twice made the playoffs, but were eliminated in the first round both times.

"Our team did not meet expectations,” Flames GM Darryl Sutter said in a statement.

“Following detailed evaluation over the past three weeks, and taking into consideration all factors affecting our season ending result, we believe this is a necessary change required to allow our team to continue toward our objective of winning the Stanley Cup."

"The Calgary Flames organization appreciates and respects Mike for accepting the opportunity to come to Calgary and are thankful for his efforts over the past two years," Sutter added.

Calgary was the 59-year-old Keenan's eighth stop as an NHL coach.

Keenan has a career coaching record of 672-567-147 and has won one Stanley Cup, with the New York Rangers in 1994.

He reached the finals on three other occasions, without a victory, twice with Philadelphia and once with Chicago.

The Flames have scheduled a news conference for Tuesday afternoon.

Other members of the team's coaching staff remain the subject of further review and evaluation.