Coaching Changes

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Eagles93
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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by Eagles93 » Wed Mar 08, 2023 1:54 pm

girlshockey4ever wrote:
Wed Mar 08, 2023 1:22 pm
Rumor has it in St. Paul that Gentry head coach Billy Hengen is leaving. That seems like a no brainer. He was a 1 year guy from the start. The team returns a dismal 58 total points and only 21 goals. I'm sure this was a stepping stone for him. Use an already assembled team to catapult his career.
Amazing job coaching that glorified AAA team to a state championship, he should move on to do great things as a coach. (Nothing personal about the coach, just silly that the above comment is true.)

Girls HS hockey was becoming a sh*t show lately, then Gentry backed a dump truck full of sh*t on top of it. Sadly we are seeing a rapid decline in girls HS hockey as we know it, I anticipate the result will be far more co-ops of teams in coming years. But keep writing those "Minnesota is the best because of community-based hockey!" articles.

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by Well Driller » Wed Mar 08, 2023 2:14 pm

Agreed. And, Minnetonka used a bigger dump truck but lost.

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by girlshockey4ever » Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:27 am

All quiet on the coaching front?

Wayzata-
Burnsville-
Woodbury-

Those are the three I know of...

PhunnsieMcHockeyDad
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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by PhunnsieMcHockeyDad » Wed Mar 22, 2023 8:23 am

East Ridge job is posted too. That's not a bad one - good players in the program and Woodbury 12A and 12B1 both won state title last week (although the Pohl/Wendell/Hill-Murray feeder program was strong on those two teams).

Big numbers in Woodbury Youth Hockey right now - both High School programs should benefit.

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by bodyup88 » Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:59 am

wow, lot of movement in South Washington County. A lot of new faces next fall in Bielenberg, err whatever it's called now

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by PhunnsieMcHockeyDad » Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:58 am

Mounds View posted today. Big turnover in the Suburban East!

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by bodyup88 » Sat Mar 25, 2023 1:16 pm

Forest Lake is also posted. That makes 4 of the 9 Suburban East jobs currently available.

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by jg2112 » Sun Mar 26, 2023 10:18 am

bodyup88 wrote:
Sat Mar 25, 2023 1:16 pm
Forest Lake is also posted. That makes 4 of the 9 Suburban East jobs currently available.
When you also consider Stillwater changed late last offseason and Roseville "changed" by adding Mahtomedi staff to its braintrust, there has been an incredible amount of flux in the conference coaching ranks the last calendar year.

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by PhunnsieMcHockeyDad » Wed Apr 05, 2023 10:57 am

Blaine just posted....Coach had been there a long time but there was some recent unrest among the parents.

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by girlshockey4ever » Thu Apr 06, 2023 9:44 am

That's too bad. Steve Guider is a great coach. Been there for 23 years. My understanding is that parents in Blaine think their kids are rock stars.

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by PhunnsieMcHockeyDad » Thu Apr 06, 2023 6:01 pm

Big one just opened up … Hill Murray. Pioneers moving to Polar Arena too.

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by girlshockey4ever » Fri Apr 07, 2023 10:32 am

So will Johnny Pohl hire his wife as the head coach???

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by bodyup88 » Fri Apr 07, 2023 11:44 am

Co-coaches?

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by girlshockey4ever » Fri Apr 07, 2023 12:21 pm

Correct me if I'm wrong and there is a good chance I am, but didn't they both coach at CDH and it didn't end well?

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by PhunnsieMcHockeyDad » Fri Apr 07, 2023 12:41 pm

girlshockey4ever wrote:
Fri Apr 07, 2023 12:21 pm
Correct me if I'm wrong and there is a good chance I am, but didn't they both coach at CDH and it didn't end well?
I don't know how it ended, we came in after they had moved on to Hill. They're really, really good coaches. Would have loved it if they had stayed at CDH.

I suspect Ronda Engelhardt will be in the mix at Hill - she's available and has a daughter in the program.

If they hire any combination of Pohl, Wendell or Engelhardt they'll be in pretty good shape as long as players/parents/admin accepts them have kids in the mix.

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by PhunnsieMcHockeyDad » Mon Apr 10, 2023 12:32 pm

Hutchinson open....

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by PhunnsieMcHockeyDad » Tue Apr 11, 2023 9:31 am

Albert Lea...I think this is my new niche - posting coaching jobs.

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by Timber545 » Tue Apr 11, 2023 1:50 pm

Monique Aanenson takes over for Billy Hengen at Gentry.

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by bodyup88 » Tue Apr 11, 2023 1:58 pm

Where is Billy going?

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by MNHockeyFan » Sat Apr 15, 2023 3:25 pm

Mercury Bischoff is top girls player

https://www.grandrapidsmn.com/sports/hi ... 66a9f.html

Anyone know where she might be headed after high school?

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by MNHockeyFan » Sat Apr 15, 2023 3:26 pm


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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by bodyup88 » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:12 pm

Forest Lake Girls' Hockey has filled their head coaching vacancy by hiring Breanna Gaffy, a Michigan native and 2015 St. Mary's University graduate. Gaffy (Breanna Peterson then) played for the Cardinals from 2011-2015.

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by PhunnsieMcHockeyDad » Tue Apr 18, 2023 8:25 am

Scott Waldo takes over at Woodbury. I believe Scott has been an Assistant at East Ridge and also been in the Cottage Grove ranks.

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by girlshockey4ever » Thu Apr 27, 2023 1:16 pm

White Bear Lake coach steps down.

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Re: Coaching Changes

Post by bodyup88 » Thu Apr 27, 2023 3:24 pm

Girls' and boys'?

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