Jim Devellano

Jim Devellano
Born (1943-01-18) January 18, 1943 (age 81)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Senior Vice President of the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers, part-owner Saginaw Spirit
AwardsMichigan Sports Hall of Fame (2006)
Hockey Hall of Fame (2010)

James Devellano (born January 18, 1943) is a Canadian sports executive. He currently serves as the senior vice-president & alternate governor of the Detroit Red Wings National Hockey League (NHL) team and vice-president of the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball (MLB) team.[1] He is also part owner and alternate governor of the Saginaw Spirit.

During Devellano's time with the Red Wings, he played a large role in building the teams that eventually won two consecutive Stanley Cup Championships, including the drafting of Steve Yzerman and Nicklas Lidstrom as well as bringing the Russian Five together, three of whom he persuaded to defect from Russia in order to play for the Wings.

  1. ^ The Road to Hockeytown: Jimmy Devellano's Forty Years in the NHL, Jim Devellano and Roger Lajoie, 2008, p.2