Jeff Blashill has been named the workforce’s head coach for his second stint as an NHL bench boss, sources inform Sportsnet.
Blashill’s final head teaching job was with the Detroit Crimson Wings, the place he was the workforce’s head coach from 2015 to 2022 after taking on for Mike Babcock. The Crimson Wings made a playoff look in Blashill’s first season, then entered an in depth rebuild that has but to lead to a return to the post-season.
The 51-year-old has spent the previous three seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning as an assistant coach on Jon Cooper’s employees.
Blashill has additionally frolicked as the pinnacle coach of the Crimson Wings’ AHL affiliate Grand Rapids Griffins from 2012 to 2015, profitable a Calder Cup in 2013 and serving to key prospects make the soar to the NHL.
Chicago was on the lookout for a coach after firing Luke Richardson in December. Anders Sorensen stuffed in on an interim foundation for the rest of the common season because the Blackhawks missed the playoffs, ending second-last within the Western Convention with a 25-46-11 report.
