TAMPA (SNN-TV) – The Tampa Bay Lightning have hired Jeff Blashill as assistant coach, the team announced today.
Blashill joins assistant coaches Jeff Halpern and Rob Zettler along with goaltender coach Frantz Jean and video coaches Nigel Kirwan and Brian Garlock on Jon Cooper’s staff.
Most recently, Blashill served as the head coach of the Detroit Red Wings for seven seasons from 2015-16 to 2021-22, where he compiled an overall record of 204-261-72 in 537 regular season games along with one postseason stint in his first season in 2016, falling in an Eastern Conference Quarterfinal to the Lightning in five games.
Blashill replaces long-time Lightning assistant, Derek Lalonde, who was named the Red Wings Head coach earlier this month.