The situation reached its tipping point last season, when the team lost 31 of its first 41 games and Lamoriello fired first-year head coach John MacLean and coaxed MacLean's predecessor, Jacques Lemaire, out of retirement to replace him.

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The Reverend Donnie G MacDonald, of Portree Free Church, the Rev John MacLean, of Trotternish Free Church, the Rev Gordon Matheson, of Strath and Sleat Free Church, and the Rev Daniel Sladek, of Duirinish Free Church, minister congregations on Skye.

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It was also the first game back for former Devils player and head coach John MacLean, now an assistant to Muller....D Mark Fayne was in the Devils starting lineup despite missing the morning skate due to a death in the family....The Hurricanes had last won here on March 28, 2009.

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