Buffalo coach Ron Rolston hires former Avalanche coach Joe Sacco as assistant for Sabres
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Buffalo Sabres coach Ron Rolston has hired Joe Sacco as an assistant.
The team announced the hiring in a release issued on Tuesday afternoon.
Sacco spent four seasons as the Colorado Avalanche coach before being fired in April after the team missed the playoffs for a third straight year. He finished with a 130-134-40 record and was an NHL coach of the year finalist in 2010 after leading the Avalanche to the playoffs in his first season.
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Rolston finished last season as the Sabres interim coach after Lindy Ruff was fired in February. Rolston was hired as the team's full-time coach in May, when he fired former assistants James Patrick and Kevyn Adams.