Chicago Blackhawks hired Tampa Bay Lightning Assistant Jeff Blashill as her new head coach on Thursday.
Blashill replaces Anders Sorensen, the temporary coach of Chicago after Luke Richardson’s December fire.
51 -year -old Blashill, NHL will start his second position as head coach. Detroit Red Wings (2015-22) released a record of 204-261-72 in seven seasons.
“Jeff is an incredibly smart and talented coach with more than 25 years of coaching experience in the developmental leagues, NHL and the world stage in a news bulletin.” He said. He continued: “Young players in a position to develop and the general team success, we are in today and where we see in the future of a vision and philosophy that we share.
He will be the 42th head coach in the franchise history.
Blashill, a native of Michigan, started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Ferris State, a receiving material in 1998-99. Later, he filled various roles in the American Hockey League, including the head coach and IIHF World Championships three times as the head coach of the US team, and took the team to the Bronze Medal in 2018 before he got off with Red Wings.
The last three seasons spent Jon Cooper’s staff with Lightning, and the team made playoffs every season.
Blackhawks have two first rounds of selection in the 2025 NHL draft that started in Los Angeles on June 27th.
56 -year -old Richardson was dismissed on December 5 in his third season with Chicago. The team went to 57-118-15 with Blackhawks before being replaced with Sorensen, who directed the record to the record of 17-30-9.
Chicago has kidnapped playoffs in seven of the last eight seasons, and has not won the series after a season since he lifted the Stanley Cup in 2015.
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