COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Jeff Blashill (Sault Ste. Marie, Mich./Detroit Red Wings), Don Granato (Downers Grove, Ill./Buffalo Sabres) and Mike Hastings (Crookston, Minn./Minnesota State University) have been named assistant coaches, and Mike King (Center Conway, N.H./Ottawa Senators) video coach, for the 2022 U.S. Men’s National Team it was announced today by USA Hockey.

Team USA will compete in the 2022 IIHF Men’s World Championship May 13-29 in Tampere and Helsinki, Finland, with David Quinn previously announced as the squad’s head coach.

“We’re extremely fortunate to have the vast experience this group of coaches brings to the table,” said Ryan Martin, general manager of the 2022 U.S. Men’s National Team and also the assistant general manager of the NHL’s New York Rangers. “They all have been involved in international tournaments previously and we’re really happy overall with the entire staff we have in place to support our team in the upcoming world championship.”

Mike Hastings, head coach of the Minnesota State men’s ice hockey team, is serving as an assistant coach of a U.S. Men’s National Team for the first time, but is no stranger to international hockey.

In fact, the Crookston, Minn., will be behind the bench of a U.S. team for the seventh time, after most recently serving as an assistant coach for the 2022 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team. Hastings also guided the U.S. to the silver medal at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship as head coach and was an assistant for the 2003 and 2005 U.S. National Junior Teams. In addition, he twice served as head coach of the U.S. Junior Select Team, including in 2000 when Team USA won the Viking Cup.

He recently finished his 10th season as head coach at Minnesota State and guided the Mavericks to a nation-best 38 wins and a national runner-up finish. The Spencer Penrose Award recipient as the top coach in NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey the past two seasons, Hastings has led Minnesota State to more wins than any other team over the past decade with a 274-96-24 mark.

His teams have advanced to the NCAA Tournament on seven occasions, including a trip to the Frozen Four the past two seasons; won eight conference regular-season titles, including an unprecedented five consecutive (2018-22); and four league post-season championships. 

The three-time NCAA Coach of the Year arrived at Minnesota State following a three-year stint (2009-12) as the associate head coach for the University of Nebraska-Omaha men’s ice hockey team. He also served as an assistant coach with the men's hockey program at the University of Minnesota (2008-09) for one season after a 14-year run (1994-2008) as head coach and general manager of the United States Hockey League's Omaha Lancers. 

During his time in Omaha, the Lancers never had a losing season as he helped the team capture three Anderson Cups (2001-02, 2004-05 (shared), 2007-08) as the league's regular-season champion and a trio of Clark Cup titles (1998, 2001, 2008) as the USHL's playoff champion. Hastings, who left the USHL as the league’s all-time winningest coach with a 529-210-56 (W-L-T) record, was named USHL Coach of the Year twice (1997, 2002) and league General Manager of the Year on five occasions (1997, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008). 

A 1993 graduate of St. Cloud State University, Hastings played two years for the Huskies (1986-88) before a back injury ended his playing career.