Dave Lewis to Kings

Kings add former Bruins coach Lewis, promote Kompon
Associated Press

Updated: August 28, 2007, 8:13 PM ET
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LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Kings have added former Boston and
Detroit head coach Dave Lewis to their coaching staff.

The 54-year-old Lewis has served as a head coach or assistant coach in
the NHL for the past two decades. He earlier played 15 seasons in the
league, including three with the Kings from 1979-83.

The Bruins ousted him as coach in June, after they finished 35-41-6
and faded down the stretch by going 1-10-1 in their final 12 games.

Also on Tuesday, the Kings promoted Jamie Kompon to assistant coach
and director of amateur development, and signed goaltender Jean-
Sebastien Aubin to a one-year contract.

Lewis previously was the Red Wings coach in 2002-04 after working on
their staff from 1988-02. As head coach, he guided Detroit to a pair
of 48-win and 100-plus point seasons and two Central Division titles.
He worked as a scout for the team in 2005-06.

His career record as a head coach is 131-82-33 (21 ties).

Lewis was an NHL defenseman from 1973-88 and was Los Angeles' captain
from 1981-83. He played in his 1,000th career game on April 1, 1987,
while with Detroit. He retired on Nov. 6 of that year and joined the
Red Wings' coaching staff.

The 30-year-old Aubin appeared in 20 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs
last season, posting a 3-5-2 record and 3.34 goals-against average. He
has played in 199 NHL games combined for Toronto and Pittsburgh, with
a record of 75-77-15, a 2.91 goals-against average, and a .901 save
percentage.

Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press

I wonder if they'll put him in charge of line changes? 8-)