Nick Polano, the first head coach hired by Mike and Marian Ilitch after they purchased the Detroit Red Wings in 1982, has died. He was 78. Polano coached the Red Wings for three seasons, compiling a ...

Nick Polano, the first Red Wings coach under new owner Mike Ilitch in 1982 and who participated in the covert missions that brought Sergei Fedorov and Vladimir Konstantinov to the franchise, died on ...

Detroit — Nick Polano, a former head coach and assistant general manager for the Red Wings, died Thursday at the age of 78. Polano was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease in 2015. The first head coach ...

Former Erie Blades head coach Nick Polano died on Thursday in Northville, Michigan, following a four-year battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Polano was 78. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease in ...

Status: Ottawa Senators pro scout. Former Detroit Red Wings head coach and assistant GM. Former AHL and WHA defenseman. DOB: March 25, 1941 in Copper Cliff, Ont. First Hockey Memory: "Going down to ...

It became a routine for the wife of former Detroit Red Wings coach Nick Polano. Before Elva Polano signed in at the front desk to see her ailing husband at a nursing home in Northville, she would ...

Nick Polano, who was the first Detroit Red Wings coach under new owner Mike Ilitch in 1982 and who participated in the covert missions that brought Sergei Fedorov and Vladimir Konstantinov to the ...