That there's a great deal of work to be done was evident in Todd McLellan's first game as head coach of the Detroit Red Wings. Their 5-2 loss Friday to the Toronto Maple Leafs was marred by ...

(AP Photo/Paul Sancya) DETROIT — The Kings ... won their third straight by defeating the Kings, 5-2, giving Coach Todd McLellan a victory over the team that fired him not quite a year ago.

Todd McLellan, who won the Stanley Cup as a Detroit Red Wings assistant, is returning to the team to try to get it back to the playoffs. McLellan, 57, was hired as the franchise's 29th head coach ...

DETROIT – Coaching against your former team for the first time can be a strange feeling, one Todd McLellan knows all too well. He’ll experience it for the third time tonight when the Detroit ...

It looks like general manager Steve Yzerman nailed it – or finally got lucky – and hired exactly the coach this team needs in Todd McLellan. Of course, McLellan guiding the Wings to their ...

There are a number of candidates for the last open NHL coaching job — the Columbus Blue Jackets — but my wish is that Todd McLellan gets it. He’s a candidate, according to my colleague Aaron ...

The Blue Jackets appear to be targeting Todd McLellan as the 12th head coach in franchise history. Waddell arrived in Las Vegas on Tuesday to prepare for this weekend's NHL draft. Along with ...