Former Detroit Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill will be joining the Tampa Bay Lightning as an assistant coach, the latter NHL team announced Tuesday.
The Red Wings announced they would not renew the contract of Blashill after he completed his seventh season with the team this year.
Blashill was 204-261-72 in 537 regular-season games along with one playoff stint in his first season in 2016, falling in an Eastern Conference quarterfinal to the Lightning in five games.
Prior to joining the Red Wings, Blashill coached the team's AHL affiliate in Grand Rapids, Mich., for three years, winning the Calder Cup in 2013.
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