RELEASE: Blackhawks Name Jeff Greenberg Associate General Manager

Chicago Blackhawks Typical Manager Kyle Davidson currently introduced Jeff Greenberg has been hired as Associate Common Supervisor, overseeing the strategic devices and procedures that will gas the full Hockey Operations group. The choosing completes the government team in Hockey Operations, with Greenberg signing up for Davidson and fellow Affiliate Standard Supervisor Norm Maciver as the main brain believe in that will carry on to make out its senior management crew this offseason.

“Our journey is just beginning as we establish a up coming-technology foundation for this team, and that starts off with a aim on modernizing and enhancing the Hockey Operations infrastructure in our entrance place of work,” reported Blackhawks Basic Supervisor Kyle Davidson. “We will only get back again to currently being finest-in-course on the ice if we are performing with ideal-in-class info and thoughts guiding the scenes. Together, this govt leadership workforce is seeking ahead to producing great talent throughout all degrees of our group and including the tools we want throughout scouting, analytics, participant development, coaching and more to return to aggressive hockey.”

Greenberg formally commences his role with the club on Monday, Could 9 the place he will get the job done along with all Hockey Operations functions (such as scouting, progress, coaching and operations) to create and enhance a modern day, continually evolving solution working with systems, engineering, facts and talent. As a strategic associate to the overall corporation, Greenberg’s group will enable foster a lifestyle centered on exponential expansion and delivering extensive-expression, sustainable aggressive advantages.

“Jeff will be each an architect and connector of the hockey functions team, guaranteeing that we are generally at the forefront of experienced athletics,” extra Davidson. “He achieved out to congratulate me immediately after I was named Normal Manager, and we related immediately above our parallel paths, shared like for hockey and vision for this sport’s upcoming. I’m fired up for our fans to see what he, together with Norm, can carry as essential voices at the table — a desk that will proceed to develop with other leaders we will include to the workforce.”

“What I have acquired about the Blackhawks is they are significant about using this rebuilding time period to not only established this franchise up to be the most effective in hockey, but the most effective in all of sports activities transferring ahead,” claimed Greenberg. “There couldn’t be a extra thrilling time to get in on the floor floor of this journey and pursue every achievable alternative to put this team back again on the path to successful hockey.”

Greenberg joins the Blackhawks immediately after 11 seasons in baseball functions with the Chicago Cubs, most recently serving as Assistant General Manager. He earlier held roles as Director of Pro Scouting and Baseball operations, Director of Baseball Operations and Assistant to the Basic Manager. As he worked his way up in the organization, he was instrumental in creating the programs and approaches that support the Cubs scout and develop expertise and worked carefully with workforce administration all through a rebuild that inevitably led the group to winning the 2016 Globe Sequence in addition to four other postseason appearances.

“Jeff is merely a person of the best teammates I have labored with in baseball,” reported Cubs President of Baseball Functions Jed Hoyer. “He has completed so significantly to the make the Cubs a superior organization over the final 10 seasons with his strong combination of intelligence, operate ethic, leadership and integrity. He was critically involved in forward-on the lookout decisions as we crafted the main of a planet winner.”

“As the Blackhawks look to establish their subsequent championship staff, Jeff is an perfect retain the services of,” added Hoyer. “Whilst I am unhappy to reduce this kind of a great employee and buddy, I am thrilled that his upcoming achievement will keep on to advantage the town of Chicago.”

Prior to his time with the Cubs, Greenberg worked in the Arizona Diamondbacks and Pittsburgh Pirates entrance workplaces as perfectly as for Big League Baseball in labor relations. He graduated from College of Pennsylvania in 2008 and Columbia Regulation Faculty in 2011. Jeff grew up playing hockey in Pittsburgh and played competitively by school where he captained all through his junior and senior decades. He and his spouse, Erin, have two sons and reside in Chicago.