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| Devils tab MacLean as head coach |
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| Written by HPT Staff |
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 14:09 |
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The New Jersey Devils kept their head coaching position within the family. John MacLean, among the longest-tenured players in team history and a coach in the organization for nine years, was named Jacques Lemaire's successor on Thursday. In April, Lemaire retired after one season in his second stint as the Devils' head coach.  “John MacLean is an astute hockey individual who has spent the past eight years preparing to be an NHL head coach,” general manager Lou Lamoriello said in a statement. “He knows our personnel from the veterans through our prospects, having worked with them as a coach during that time.” The 45-year-old coached the Lowell Devils of the American Hockey League in 2009-10, going 39-31-4-6. After MacLean retired as a member of the Dallas Stars in 2002, he joined the Devils' coaching staff the following season and served as an assistant until July 2009. From 1983-97, MacLean played 934 games as a Devil, the fourth-most in franchise history. He holds the team record for goals (347), power-play goals (92), power-play points (197), is second in points (701) and third in assists (354). MacLean is best remembered his overtime goal April 3, 1988 in Chicago, which gave Devils their first-ever playoff berth on the final day of the regular season. He also scored the winning goal in Game 7 of the 1988 Patrick Division Finals at Washington and was a member of the 1995 Stanley Cup championship team. According to one report, former Devils head coach Larry Robinson will return as an assistant, while Chris Terreri will remain the team's goaltending coach.
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