DETROIT – Jim and Rosemary Blashill couldn’t have known then that their decision to move a young family out of Detroit for the northeastern end of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula would one day produce the 27th head coach in Red Wings franchise history.
The Blashills, who spent a good portion of the past 40 years in Sault Ste. Marie, will come full circle when their eldest son, Jeff, who was introduced as head coach of the storied club at a news conference Tuesday morning at Joe Louis Arena.
“We’re excited about it,” Rosemary said last week.