coachingDave Lewis will not return as the Red Wings' coach, paving the way for former Anaheim coach Mike Babcock to come to Detroit.
The decision was announced at a news conference Friday by general manager Ken Holland. Lewis, whose contract expired at the end of June, will not be behind the Red Wings' bench for the first time since 1987.
Holland said he broke the news to Lewis a day earlier.
"He was obviously very disappointed, but I also think he understood," Holland said.
