Red Wings hire former Wild interim head coach Torchetti as assistant

Jeff Blashill's got his staff.

The Detroit Red Wings announced the hiring of John Torchetti as an assistant coach Wednesday, with the 51-year-old agreeing to a two-year deal. He'll work with the club's forwards and oversee the power play, which ranked 13th in the league this past season at 18.8 percent.

Torchetti was interim head coach of the Minnesota Wild in 2016, taking over after Mike Yeo was fired. He went 15-11-1, and his club was eliminated in six games by the Dallas Stars in the first round.

Torchetti's had two other stints as an interim head coach, and has a career 30-30-4-2 record. He won a Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2010.