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Buffalo Sabres former head coach Ted Nolan greets Ed Westfall during the New York Islanders Decades Night at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on April 4 in Uniondale, N.Y.Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

The Buffalo Sabres have fired coach Ted Nolan a day after their season ended with a second consecutive last-place finish.

General manager Tim Murray announced the decision in a release issued by the team on Sunday. Nolan had two years left on a contract he signed a little more than a year ago.

The Sabres had hired Nolan in November, 2013, on an interim basis after Ron Rolston was fired.

It was Nolan's second stint in Buffalo after he spent two seasons with the Sabres and was the NHL's coach of the year in 1997.

This time, he took over a rebuilding team that went 23-51-8 this season.

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