Bob Berry was fired as coach of...

Bob Berry was fired as coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins after his team failed in three seasons to make the National Hockey League playoffs.

Berry and assistant coach Jim Roberts were dismissed with one year remaining on their contracts, but General Manager Eddie Johnston was retained “to maintain the continuity in our front office,” Paul Martha, the club’s executive vice president, said.

“I realized I had lost confidence in their ability to get the team in the playoffs next season,” Martha said of Berry, who formerly coached the Kings, and Roberts. “I don’t want to get specific, but it got to the point at the end of the season where the coaching staff lost the team, and the team sensed that.”