MacLean most recently served as head coach of the Ottawa Senators from 2011-15, leading the club to a 114-90-35 record and a pair of Stanley Cup Playoff appearances in 2012 and 2013. MacLean helped the Senators to a 25-17-6 record in 2013-14 and the club’s second consecutive postseason appearance en route to his first career Jack Adams Award in his second straight year as a nominee. He joined Ottawa after serving six seasons as an assistant coach in Detroit where he won his first Stanley Cup with the Red Wings in 2008. Having reached the Stanley Cup Final on three occasions, MacLean made his first trip to the Final as an assistant coach with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in 2003 against New Jersey.