Thanks for this, Deron. We had a brief in the local paper that was so
brief, it said he got the award and that was it. Didn't say what it was
for. I won't state the obvious and say "well earned." Instead, how about
"it's about time."

Deron Treadwell wrote:

>>From UMaine official web site:
>http://goblackbears.collegesports.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/012005aaa.html
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>Grant Standbrook Earns Major AHCA Award
>Honored for career work as an assistant coach
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>Jan. 20, 2005
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>ORONO, Maine - Maine men's ice hockey assistant coach Grant Standbrook has
>been awarded the 2005 Terry Flanagan Award which honors the career body of
>work of an assistant coach by the American Hockey Coaches Association. The
>award will be presented to Standbrook at the Coach of the Year banquet in
>Naples, Florida, on April 23, 2005.
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>Grant Standbrook is in his 17th season at the University of Maine as
>assistant coach and primary recruiter. Since coming to Maine in 1988,
>Standbrook has coordinated recruiting of classes which have consistently
>ranked among the best in the nation. Those recruiting classes at Maine
>have formed the foundation for the program that has won five Hockey East
>Tournament Championships, advanced to nine Frozen Fours and won two NCAA
>Championships.
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>Overall, Standbrook has been on coaching staffs that have won five NCAA
>Championships and been in the title game three other occasions. Before
>joining the Black Bear staff, Standbrook was an assistant coach at
>Wisconsin where he played an integral role in the Badgers winning three
>national championships during his 12-year tenure at that school. Together
>with head coach Bob Johnson, Standbrook built a college hockey dynasty,
>winning national titles in 1977, 1981 and 1983 in addition to reaching the
>NCAA Championship game on two other occasions.
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>>From 1970-75, Standbrook was the head coach at Dartmouth College where he
>inherited a program with just 29 wins in the previous 10 years, and led
>the team to the Ivy League Championship game in his third season. He also
>coached soccer and lacrosse for the Big Green. In 1987-88, he was the head
>coach of Varese-Kronenberg of the Italian league where he led the team to
>a second place finish. He was an assistant coach of the 1976 U.S. Olympic
>hockey team, and the U.S. National teams in 1974 and 1975 and has coached
>several teams for USA Hockey.
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>A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, he is a 1961 graduate of the University of
>Minnesota-Duluth. Standbrook was a two-year letterwinner for the Bulldogs,
>scoring 22 goals and adding 24 assists in 31 career games as a center on
>the hockey team. The team lost only eight games during his junior and
>senior seasons. He also was a member of Minnesota-Duluth's track and field
>team. A versitile athlete, Standbrook finished second in the Manitoba Judo
>Championships in 1954. He also played on a Canadian national championship
>soccer team in 1962 and was a profilic scorer in lacrosse.
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>Maine, 12-8-4 overall and 7-3-2 in Hockey East play, will face Boston
>University on January 21 and 22 at Alfond Arena. For tickets or more
>information, please call 207-581-BEAR or visit www.GoBlackBears.com.
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