Confirmed with Link: Jeff Blashill named Blackhawks Head Coach

[Hawkaholic]

People are going to hate him forty games in because we're still gonna suck.

People will never be happy with the coach, just the way it goes.

 

[swerdnase]

I really liked the soundbite at around 15:00 on accountability.

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

People are going to hate him forty games in because we're still gonna suck.

If he has the young guys playing with any structure and Bedard has consistent linemates for more than 1 games I'll be OK. More about progress than W/L at this point.

 

[Kevin Musto]

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

If he has the young guys playing with any structure and Bedard has consistent linemates for more than 1 games I'll be OK. More about progress than W/L at this point.

I'm with you but I was fine with Sorenson.

 

[dj Mahoney]

Someone ask Mike Blashill why Nathan Davis never made the NHL ? He coached him Miami University (OHIO)

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Someone ask Mike Blashill why Nathan Davis never made the NHL ? He coached him Miami University (OHIO)

Lol did you post here before under a different name? There's Nathan Davis HFHawks lore.

 

[dj Mahoney]

Lol did you post here before under a different name? There's Nathan Davis HFHawks lore.

Lol , Nathan sounded cant miss , but so many have as well. What was the name?

 

[Larmer83]

I'd say Jared Nightingale(Adam's brother) had more impact on the development of Vlasic, EDM, Allan, Kaiser, and Crevier as an Assistant Coach involved with defensemen than Dean or Sorensen.

Next head coach for Rockford? He could help Korch and Lev.

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Great hire.

 

[clydesdale line]

Great hire.

Great call by you.

 

[Larmer83]

Great call by you.

Thank you. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.

 

[featherhawk]

Blashill indicates that Sorenson is going to be working with the D...

I sure hope the last hire for the coaching staff is someone that has a great amount of experience coaching D.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Blashill indicates that Sorenson is going to be working with the D...

I sure hope the last hire for the coaching staff is someone that has a great amount of experience coaching D.

the last hire was already announced, its Mike Vellucci

 

[featherhawk]

the last hire was already announced, its Mike Vellucci

ah, okay thanks for the information

loads of experience in hockey that is for sure, likely a connection from the USNDT for Blashill

 

[MicronMega]

Gotta say after all the Blashill hate and ??? He seems to have filled out a great staff. I continue to trust KD and co. in rebuilding this team from the ground up. Next stop the draft and then free agency

 

[TLEH]

RELEASE: Blackhawks Round Out Coaching Staff with Addition of Mike Vellucci | Chicago Blackhawks

Coaching staff under new head coach Jeff Blashill finalized ahead of 2025–26 season

www.nhl.com

Its nice to see a completely different list of names here in the top row. Its time for completely new names.

 

[MarotteMarauder]

Chicago Steel new head coach, Scott Gomez

 

[Njfj]

Worth a watch if you want to understand how he is going to approach the X's and O's. Will be a good way to judge his performance.

 

[CallMeShaft]

Why Anders Sörensen chose to stay with the Blackhawks after Jeff Blashill took his job

Sörensen's resume could have landed him another job in the NHL, AHL or Sweden. Instead, he stuck around as an assistant on Blashill's staff.

www.nytimes.com

Anders on the Blashill hiring.

Some quotes:

Sörensen and Blashill have crossed paths throughout their careers. That began when Blashill was an assistant at Miami (Ohio) and Sörensen was with the Chicago Mission, an AAA program. Sörensen especially got to know him at an annual Notre Dame coaching clinic.

“We always met up in summers at those things,” Sörensen said. “I always held him in very high regards as a coach and a person. Got to know him through there, and he was a guy I always stayed in touch with throughout the years and picked his brain on different things. It always seemed like I came out of conversations with Jeff, whether it was over beers or just in the coaches’ setting, I always came away with something. I was like, ‘Oh, yeah, I like that,’ or he made me think. He made me think about different things. That’s something I really value.”

“I think especially the last 10-some games here, these young guys, how their game took a stride,” Sörensen said. “Frankie (Nazar) and even (Connor Bedard’s) last six, seven, eight games, how he handled everything throughout the year and finished was super positive. You see some of those young defensemen. You see how they handled playing in this league, with that young of a group, was really impressive. Obviously, small sample, and I’m sure we’re going to hit our speed bumps throughout the season here, but to see the potential in that group was really exciting.”

 

[hawksfan50]

So Nlashill days he KNOWS...not guesses ...EXACTLY what it will ttakeco get this team to the top...sure we all know buy-inand culture change and hard work 2 way work habits required..BUT ..in addition .
.Blashill must KNOW he nerds more JAM...to put on hos bread and soft peanut butter roster..better tell KD to start drafting more Jammy players who are notvthevusual slow slug near retirement vets but the young thevpiwrful and the relentless...Akso types that will protect Bedard from abuse and open up the choke lanes for hom to release the Genrrstjonal shot more...a lot more..