The team announced the news Thursday, on the third day of the NHL break. The move comes as the Wings are off to a disappointing start, just 13-17-4 as they near the halfway point of the season.

As they sit in the basement of the Eastern Conference, the Detroit Red Wings have made a coaching change. The team announced it has fired Derek Lalonde and hired veteran coach Todd McLellan as his replacement.

The Detroit Red Wings fired coach Derek Lalonde, bringing in veteran Todd McLellan to try to turn around the team's season.

The NHL world and Red Wings fans shared thoughts on Detroit making an in-season coaching change amid a disappointing start to the season.

The Detroit Red Wings announced that they have relieved head coach Derek Lalonde and associate coach Bob Bougher.

Todd McLellan was named coach of the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday. The 57-year-old replaces Derek Lalonde, who was fired after three seasons with the Red Wings.

Detroit — The Detroit Red Wings on Thursday fired coach Derek Lalonde and replaced him with Todd McLellan. In a release just after noon, the Wings announced that Steve Yzerman, the Wings' executive vice-president and general manager, named McLellan the team's 29th head coach in franchise history and signed McLellan to a multi-year contract.

After blowing back-to-back games to the Montreal Canadiens to drop in the standings, the Detroit Red Wings were very frustrated.