Columbus Blue Jackets Hire Former Wild Coach Dean Evason as their Next Coach

Evason spent parts of the past five seasons coaching the Minnesota Wild.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. (AP)- The Columbus Blue Jackets have hired Dean Evason as coach.

This is his second head coaching job in the NHL.

Evason spent parts of the past five seasons coaching the Minnesota Wild.

New Blue Jackets general manager Don Waddell fired Pascal Vincent not long after taking over control of the organization’s hockey operations department.

Evason will be Columbus’ third coach in as many seasons not counting Mike Babcock being hired and resigning on the eve of training camp last September.

The team said Monday that Evason agreed to a multiyear contract.