 on a hot day the columbus blue jackets have hired dean evison as head coach replacing pascal vincent he's the blue jackets third head coach in the past three seasons evison coached the minnesota wild for five seasons before he was fired in november the 59 year old played for five teams during his nhl career with his best seasons coming with the hartford whalers where he scored 20 goals twice sports at 15 and 45 tony savino 1490 wgc8 sports