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> From: [log in to unmask] (Jim Doyle)
> Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
> Date: 18 Apr 1993 22:50:16 GMT
> Organization: CS Dept., Umass-Amherst
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> Summary: UMass hires Head Coach for first season since 1979
> Keywords: UMass Minutemen Mallen
>
> The mission to revive hockey at UMass is now underway. At the  4 PM Saturday
> afternoon press conference held at the new Mullins Center Arena - former
> Boston College Asst. Coach Joe Mallen was awarded the 4 year, $85,000/year
> contract as Head Coach for the UMass Minutemen.
>
> Mallen was the third viable pick for the position, right behind Jeff Jackson
> (Lake Superior) and second behind Shawn Walsh (UMaine). Previous offers for
> the position were rumored to have been offered to the asst. coaches of
> Brown, RPI and the head coach of the AHL Springfield Indians.
>
> UMass hockey was disbanded in 1979 due to financial constraints that had
> undermined the team's position over a period of years. In late November
> of last year, the $52 million Mullins Sports Center was opened following
> its one year construction deadline.
>
> The Minutemen are slated to play an independent Div II/Div III schedule this
> upcoming winter before officially entering Hockey East for the Winter 1994
> season. Mallen has yet to comment on player recruitment strategies or
> potential team candidates for the Minutemen - it is expected that he will
> leverage off his inside contacts within New England, the Bay State and
> Europe to draw on competitive, top ice players for the University.
>
> UMass has slated 18 hockey scholarships for the upcoming Fall semester ;
> expect to hear more from me as I hear more from my sources.
>
> .... J.D.
>
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