With four games left in a season that has quickly turned into a sinking ship, Mathieu Darche did not wait to act.
Darche stunningly fired coach Patrick Roy and hired Pete DeBoer as his replacement on Easter Sunday, hoping to give the Islanders a badly needed spark to make the playoffs.
Patrick Roy is pictured after the Islanders’ April 4 loss to the Hurricanes. Imagn Images
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