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Flyers replace Stevens with Lavioletteskip to main content (press enter)Current WeatherHalifax (Shearwater)Change weather location18c CloudyCBCca News news drop down menu Sports sports drop down menu Radio radio drop down menu TV tv drop down menu My Region my region drop down menu More more drop down menu Watch watch drop down menu Listen listen drop down menu Search CBCca Submit Search Sign Up Log In Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool NHL Playoffs FIFA World Cup Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis REPUBLISH EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Flyers replace Stevens with LavioletteLast Updated Friday December 4 2009 1048 PM ET Comments29Recommend28CBC Sports Peter Laviolette had been out of work almost exactly a year after coaching Carolina (Matt SlocumAssociated Press)The Philadelphia Flyers fired coach John Stevens on Friday giving replacement Peter Laviolette his third goround as an NHL coachGeneral manager Paul Holmgren said at a news conference at Wachovia Center that he made the decision late Thursday after the team was blanked by Vancouver its second consecutive shutoutLaviolette who turns 45 on Monday won the Stanley Cup with Carolina in 2006 He was fired in December 2008 but was still under contract to the HurricanesLaviolette was 16713030 in his fourplus seasons with Carolina He also coached the New York Islanders for two seasons beginning in 2001The Norwood Mass native said he hadnt seen all of Philadelphias games this season to totally diagnose the teams failings but he hoped to implement an aggressive forechecking styleThe Flyers who were expected to contend in the Eastern Conference this season are 13111 for 27 points and out of the playoff picture entering Saturdays game against WashingtonStevens got the job early in the 2006 season after Ken Hitchcock was fired and led the Flyers to the Eastern Conference finals the following season The Flyers were off to a 161 start en route to the worst season in franchise historyStevens who led Philadelphias AHL affiliate to the Calder Cup championship in 2005 used many of those same players to cap one of the greatest turnarounds in NHL history and take the Flyers to the conference finals the next yearThe Penguins knocked them out in 2008 and eliminated the Flyers again in the first round last seasonThe additions of goalie Ray Emery and defenceman Chris Pronger made the Flyers a playoff favourite heading into t...