DEVILS NAME KATE MADIGAN AS ASSISTANT GM

NEWARK, N. J. The New Jersey Devils have named their first female assistant general manager, making Kate Madigan the sixth woman to hold the title in the NHL. General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the promotion Wednesday. “Kate has been an incredibly valuable resource to not only me, but to our entire hockey operations leadership staff, particularly over the past three years, as part of key hockey decisions,” Fitzgerald said. “This promotion is reflective of the duties and responsibilities that Kate has assumed within our organization during that time. The NHL has seen several women promoted to the assistant general manager’s role in the last month, with Hayley Wickenheiser getting the job in Toronto this week and Meghan Hunter promoted in Chicago last month. Vancouver has two women serving as assistant general managers, Émilie Castonguay and Cammi Granato. The first woman to hold the title in the NHL was Angela Gorgone in 1996.