Maple Leafs hire former Red Wings head coach Derek Lalonde as assistant

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The Toronto Maple Leafs person hired erstwhile Detroit Red Wings caput manager Derek Lalonde arsenic an adjunct connected Craig Berube's staff, the NHL squad announced Friday.

52-year-old was fired midway done the season, had 89-86-23 grounds with Detroit

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 06, 2025 4:43 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

A antheral crystal hockey manager wearing a suit speaks to his squad portion holding a rolled up portion of insubstantial successful his near hand.

The Toronto Maple Leafs person hired erstwhile Detroit Red Wings caput manager Derek Lalonde arsenic an adjunct connected Craig Berube's staff, the NHL squad announced Friday.

The 52-year-old from Brasher Falls, N.Y., had a 89-86-23 grounds starring the Red Wings seat from the commencement of the 2022-23 play until helium was fired midway done the 2024-25 campaign.

He antecedently spent 4 seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning arsenic an adjunct coach, winning back-to-back Stanley Cups successful 2020 and 2021.

Lalonde was an adjunct manager with the United States astatine the 2023 and 2024 satellite championships.

Before joining the NHL, helium held head-coaching roles with the American Hockey League's Iowa Wild, the ECHL's Toledo Walleye and the United States Hockey League's Green Bay Gamblers.

Mike Van Ryn and Marc Savard are Toronto's different assistants. Associate manager Lane Lambert near the Maple Leafs a week agone to instrumentality implicit arsenic Seattle's caput coach.

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