Amid their woeful 8-30-7 campaign, the Montreal Canadiens have made a major change on their bench. The team announced on Wednesday they've fired head coach Dominique Ducharme, who has been in charge for under a year.

Via Frank Seravalli of The Daily Faceoff:

Ducharme took over the Canadiens in February of 2021 for Claude Julien and was made the permanent boss this past summer. During his time with the club, he had a 23-46-14 record, but he did lead Montreal to a Cinderella run to the Stanley Cup Finals last season, to the surprise of many. They eventually lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning. It was their deepest playoff run since 1993.

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The Canadiens are dead last in the NHL right now and honestly look helpless. The team lost 7-1 to the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night and that was evidently the last straw for Ducharme, who will now be looking for a new job.

GM Kent Hughes released a statement and thanked Ducharme for his contributions:

“We would like to sincerely thank Dominique for his work and contributions to the Montreal Canadiens organization. At this point in the season, we felt it was in the best interest of the club to make a change,” said Hughes, via NHL.com.

The organization plans to name its next head coach by Wednesday evening.