Jeff Blashill was named coach of the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.
The 51-year-old replaces interim coach Anders Sorensen, who led the staff for the ultimate 56 video games of the season after Luke Richardson was fired Dec. 5.
Blashill coached the Detroit Purple Wings for seven seasons from 2015-22 and was a Tampa Bay Lightning assistant the previous three seasons.
“Jeff is an extremely sensible and proficient coach who boasts greater than 25 years of teaching expertise throughout developmental leagues, the NHL and the world stage,” Blackhawks basic supervisor Kyle Davidson stated. “He’s thrived when ready to develop younger gamers and has proven he’s able to mixing that into total staff success, a imaginative and prescient and philosophy we share for the place we’re right this moment and the place we see our staff sooner or later. We couldn’t be extra excited for what’s to come back beneath Jeff’s path.”
Detroit made the Stanley Cup Playoffs in Blashill’s first season, a five-game loss to the Lightning within the 2016 first spherical however didn’t qualify within the subsequent six and introduced April 30, 2022, he wouldn’t return. Blashill is 204-261-72 in 537 video games with the Purple Wings, rating fifth in video games and 6 in wins in staff historical past.
Chicago went 25-46-11 this season and has missed the playoffs for 5 straight seasons and 7 of the previous eight. The Blackhawks have completed no greater than sixth of their division since ending first within the Central Division in 2016-17. Chicago’s final playoff look was a five-game loss to the Vegas Golden Knights within the 2020 Western Convention First Spherical.
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Seattle Kraken every stay and not using a coach, and the Boston Bruins ended the season beneath interim coach Joe Sacco. Rick Tocchet (Philadelphia Flyers) and Adam Foote (Vancouver Canucks) have been every employed Could 14, Joel Quenneville was named Anaheim Geese coach Could 8 and Mike Sullivan was named coach of the New York Rangers on Could 2.
