Kate Madigan is Devils’ first female assistant GM, 6th in NHL history

Kate Madigan is the primary feminine assistant common supervisor in New Jersey Devils historical past.

Madigan, promoted by govt vp/common supervisor Tom Fitzgerald on Wednesday, is the second girl in consecutive days to be named to an assistant GM function. The Toronto Maple Leafs promoted Hayley Wickenheiser to assistant GM on Tuesday, placing them amongst a handful of girls to serve within the capability within the NHL.

“I’m extraordinarily honoured to take this subsequent step in my skilled profession,” Madigan said. “I need to thank Tom, our managing companions, govt management group, and members of the group who supported me all through my time with New Jersey and this new, thrilling alternative.

“I look ahead to working with this group to make the New Jersey Devils higher, every day, and convey again the constant success our followers count on and deserve. I am excited for the way forward for this crew not solely now, however for what it is going to be.”

Madigan’s function will embody being a part of the core group of personnel decision-makers with the franchise, serving to to form the roster and lead draft evaluations. Different duties are novice degree roster administration, transactions, hockey personnel selections, crew operations, services administration, price range and crew travel administration.

Elevated after two years as govt director of hockey administration/operations, Madigan was director of professional scouting operations in 2019-20.

“Kate has been an extremely worthwhile useful resource to not solely me, however to our whole hockey operations management workers, notably over the previous three years, as a part of key hockey selections,” said Fitzgerald in a team-issued assertion Wednesday. “This promotion is reflective of the duties and duties that Kate has assumed inside our group throughout that point.

“Her diligence, work ethic, consideration to element, potential to speak with all workers, technique and imaginative and prescient are qualities that I search for in our management. We now have a implausible administration crew in place that’s working collectively, solely targeted on the event and success of this younger, evolving core group on and off the ice, and Kate will play a job in main the way in which.”