Does anyone else find it ironic that Whitehead was viewed as the coach who
did the best job in the country by a broad group of his peers, but was *NOT*
voted as Hockey East Coach of the Year??

Didn't this happen to Walsh in 1995?  I can't recall if he won the HE coach
of the year that year as well as the Penrose award.

One of the most satisfying parts of this season (ok, the most :-) was
beating UNH in the NCAA semifinals, after all we heard all year was how UNH
was #1 in every category, and after they all but swept every award in Hockey
East.

I was most bothered by Dick Umile winning coach of the year because I though
Timmy really deserved it.  This is a great honor to win this award and we
are fortunate to have a second Penrose-winning coach in this program!!

-Deron


----- Original Message -----
From: "Deron Treadwell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 10:47 PM
Subject: Whitehead Wins Spencer Penrose


> April 12, 2002
> Whitehead Wins Penrose Award as Division I Coach of the Year
>
>
> He took over a team devastated by the death of its popular coach, Shawn
> Walsh, in September. He watched them start out 3-4-2. But in the end, his
> Black Bears fell just an overtime goal short of the NCAA title.
>
> For this remarkable season, the University of Maine's Tim Whitehead is the
> winner of the 2002 Spencer Penrose Award as Division I Men's Ice Hockey
> Coach of the Year.
>
> Whitehead, whose title all year was "Interim Head Coach," saw his efforts
> rewarded when Maine named him permanent head coach just two days after the
> emotional 4-3 overtime loss to Minnesota in the NCAA title game.
>
> A 1985 graduate of Hamilton College, Whitehead returned to Orono this fall
> after ten years at UMass Lowell. An assistant to Shawn Walsh during the
> 1990-91 season, Whitehead spent his first five years at Lowell as an
> assistant to Bruce Crowder and his last five years as head coach. His
record
> as a head coach was 76-95-12 before this year's 26-11-7 mark.
>
> The runner-up in this year's Spencer Penrose Award balloting was George
> Gwozdecky, head coach of the University of Denver. The award is named in
> memory of the famed Colorado Springs benefactor who built the Broadmoor
> Hotel Complex, home of the first ten NCAA ice hockey championships.
>
> College hockey's Coach of the Year recipients are chosen by members of the
> American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA). Winners will receive their
> awards at the annual AHCA Coach of the Year Banquet, held in conjunction
> with the AHCA Convention in Naples, FL. This year's banquet is scheduled
for
> Saturday evening, April. 27.



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