Game-changing news: New York Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan stepping away due to personal reasons

Just moments ago, the New York Rangers PR team on X.com issued a concerning update stating that head coach Mike Sullivan will not be behind the Rangers bench tonight against the Red Wings as he will be stepping away due to personal reasons.

Along with that, they have also revealed that assistant coaches David Quinn and Joe Sacco will be sharing his duties in the meantime.

At the moment, no further details have been released on the situation. So make sure to stay tuned as more details are sure to follow.

Based purely on speculation, Mike Sullivan may be stepping away to be with his family after his Son-In-Law and Boston Bruins defenseman, Charlie McAvoy, took a brutal slapshot to the face during Saturday night's game against the Montreal Canadiens.

McAvoy was sitting in front of the Bruins' net whenever a slapshot from the blueline got deflected and hit him directly in the face, and it honestly doesn't look good.

Again, no further reports have confirmed this, and this is just based purely on speculation, and has happened over the last few days in the NHL world.

On behalf of everyone here at NY Hockey Insider, we'd like to send our hopes and prayers to Mike Sullivan and his family.