Originally posted on Pro Hockey Rumors | By Gavin Lee | Last updated 5/18/21
The Detroit Red Wings have decided the improvement the team saw under Jeff Blashill this season should continue, signing the head coach to a contract extension. General manager Steve Yzerman also announced that assistant coach Dan Bylsma will not return as he is going to pursue other opportunities in 2021-22. The team did not include details on the extension.
Blashill, 47, has been the head coach of the Red Wings since 2015 and with the organization since 2011. He had previously served as head coach of the AHL Grand Rapids Griffins, where he won a Calder Cup in 2013 and won the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award as AHL Coach of the Year. On three occasions, USA Hockey has tabbed Blashill as the head coach for the World Championship, though he has taken home just a bronze medal during those appearances.
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Red Wings’ Joe Veleno makes positive impression in NHL debut
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Detroit Red Wings Thomas Greiss, front right, makes a save as teammate Joe Veleno, left center, and Columbus Blue Jackets Alexandre Texier, left, and Cam Atkinson look for the rebound during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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“They said everything you did to get here, bring it on the ice every shift,” Veleno said.
After feeling some butterflies and what he called exciting nerves during the pregame warmup, Veleno did not look out of place in his first NHL game, a 1-0 shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena.
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