RELEASE: Blackhawks Name Jeff Greenberg Associate General Manager

Chicago Blackhawks Normal Manager Kyle Davidson currently announced Jeff Greenberg has been employed as Affiliate Basic Manager, overseeing the strategic techniques and procedures that will gas the entire Hockey Operations group. The employing completes the executive group in just Hockey Functions, with Greenberg becoming a member of Davidson and fellow Affiliate Standard Supervisor Norm Maciver as the core brain have confidence in that will keep on to develop out its senior management workforce this offseason.

“Our journey is just starting as we establish a subsequent-technology foundation for this team, and that commences with a concentration on modernizing and increasing the Hockey Functions infrastructure in our entrance business office,” reported Blackhawks Normal Manager Kyle Davidson. “We will only get again to becoming greatest-in-course on the ice if we are doing the job with finest-in-class information and facts and concepts guiding the scenes. Collectively, this government management staff is on the lookout ahead to developing fantastic expertise all over all stages of our organization and including the applications we need throughout scouting, analytics, participant progress, coaching and extra to return to competitive hockey.”

Greenberg formally starts his role with the club on Monday, May well 9 the place he will do the job along with all Hockey Functions features (which includes scouting, enhancement, coaching and operations) to build and improve a contemporary, continually evolving strategy utilizing units, technologies, info and expertise. As a strategic partner to the total business, Greenberg’s staff will assistance foster a tradition centered on exponential progress and offering lengthy-time period, sustainable competitive pros.

“Jeff will be equally an architect and connector of the hockey operations group, ensuring that we’re normally at the forefront of expert athletics,” extra Davidson. “He achieved out to congratulate me just after I was named Basic Manager, and we linked immediately around our parallel paths, shared appreciate for hockey and vision for this sport’s long term. I’m enthusiastic for our supporters to see what he, together with Norm, can carry as key voices at the desk — a desk that will continue on to improve with other leaders we will incorporate to the staff.”

“What I’ve discovered about the Blackhawks is they’re significant about employing this rebuilding period to not only established this franchise up to be the ideal in hockey, but the very best in all of athletics moving forward,” said Greenberg. “There couldn’t be a much more enjoyable time to get in on the ground floor of this journey and pursue every achievable alternative to put this group back on the path to successful hockey.”

Greenberg joins the Blackhawks just after 11 seasons in baseball functions with the Chicago Cubs, most recently serving as Assistant General Manager. He previously held roles as Director of Professional Scouting and Baseball functions, Director of Baseball Functions and Assistant to the Normal Manager. As he worked his way up in just the organization, he was instrumental in creating the systems and strategies that enable the Cubs scout and develop talent and labored intently with crew administration throughout a rebuild that sooner or later led the team to winning the 2016 World Collection in addition to 4 other postseason appearances.

“Jeff is simply just a single of the greatest teammates I have worked with in baseball,” said Cubs President of Baseball Functions Jed Hoyer. “He has completed so substantially to the make the Cubs a superior group around the previous 10 seasons with his potent mix of intelligence, get the job done ethic, management and integrity. He was critically involved in ahead-hunting conclusions as we designed the core of a world winner.”

“As the Blackhawks appear to create their up coming championship workforce, Jeff is an excellent employ,” added Hoyer. “Though I am sad to drop such a wonderful personnel and good friend, I am thrilled that his potential achievements will go on to gain the city of Chicago.”

Prior to his time with the Cubs, Greenberg worked in the Arizona Diamondbacks and Pittsburgh Pirates front places of work as effectively as for Significant League Baseball in labor relations. He graduated from College of Pennsylvania in 2008 and Columbia Legislation College in 2011. Jeff grew up actively playing hockey in Pittsburgh and played competitively via higher education the place he captained all through his junior and senior years. He and his spouse, Erin, have two sons and reside in Chicago.