REPORT: Detroit Red Wings name local as assistant coach

According to the Detroit Red Wings official website, Michigan’s own Adam Nightingale has been promoted to assistant coach.

From MiHockey.com:

Adam Nightingale has gotten a promotion with the Detroit Red Wings, and it’s a big one.

The Cheboygan native is now an assistant coach for the Original Six franchise according to the Red Wings’ official site, moving up from the team’s video coach.

Nightingale, 39, has spent the last two seasons with the Wings under head coach Jeff Blashill, after working one season as the video coach for the Buffalo Sabres.

 

Don Drysdale
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