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Blashill takes over as Red Wings coach (Reuters)

Yahoo! Sports | June 9, 2015

Related Topics: Jeff Blashill, Mike Babcock, John Hynes (ice hockey), Detroit, Gustav Nyquist

(Reuters) - The Detroit Red Wings appointed Jeff Blashill as the club's head coach on Tuesday to replace Mike Babcock, as had been widely expected.

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Babcock departed last month after 10 seasons in Detroit to become the head coach of the Maple Leafs, lured to Toronto on an eight-year contract worth $50 million that made him the National Hockey League's highest-paid coach.

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