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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 11:45 am
by Stars67
Chris Carroll reportedly was announced as the new HC at Blaine!
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 3:16 pm
by BP
Correct by Stars. Chris Carroll is new head coach at Blaine HS. 10 year asst at Bethel.
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:10 am
by offtheglas
Sounds like GR has promoted Clairmont last years JV coach to asst Varsity and hired Brett Beckfeld and Tony Clafton as JV coaches. Great additions to JV staff.
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:29 am
by BP
Ken Karna hired at Sauk Rapids - Rice.
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 11:05 am
by nine mile
Mike Guzzo is the new coach of the North Shore Storm.
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:29 pm
by Rocketwrister
nine mile wrote:Mike Guzzo is the new coach of the North Shore Storm.
Can't get rid of Guzzo......
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 3:55 pm
by BP
Shakopee and Richfield added to the jobs open for this year.
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 5:03 pm
by Oldcoach63
Anyone know the story at Richfield? Mark Johnson was a very dedicated hometown guy there. I know the program may only have a season or two left due to the youth numbers but I thought that Mark would be around until the end.
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:06 am
by BP
Oldcoach63 wrote:Anyone know the story at Richfield? Mark Johnson was a very dedicated hometown guy there. I know the program may only have a season or two left due to the youth numbers but I thought that Mark would be around until the end.
He took the JV Head Coaching position at Hill-Murray. I think he's close friends with Bill.
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:31 am
by Oldcoach63
Good for Mark. He's got a great heart and always cared about the kids. It's a tough situation at Richfield. They'll barely have enough to field a varsity team this season and they haven't had a JV since the '08-'09 season.
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:42 am
by BP
Josh Meyer hired at Prairie Centre.
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:43 am
by BP
Oldcoach63 wrote:Good for Mark. He's got a great heart and always cared about the kids. It's a tough situation at Richfield. They'll barely have enough to field a varsity team this season and they haven't had a JV since the '08-'09 season.
Agreed....I think Mark did a great job and got a lot out of those kids. I worry about them in their new conference. They should be independent and play some teams at their level. It could be grim.
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:57 am
by Oldcoach63
Oldcoach63 wrote:
Good for Mark. He's got a great heart and always cared about the kids. It's a tough situation at Richfield. They'll barely have enough to field a varsity team this season and they haven't had a JV since the '08-'09 season.
Agreed....I think Mark did a great job and got a lot out of those kids. I worry about them in their new conference. They should be independent and play some teams at their level. It could be grim.
The new conference won't be a picnic for Richfield but at least they don't have to play HM, STA, and Mahtomedi any more. That was rough (although they did win against HM in '08-'09).
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:13 pm
by BP
Oldcoach63 wrote:Oldcoach63 wrote:
Good for Mark. He's got a great heart and always cared about the kids. It's a tough situation at Richfield. They'll barely have enough to field a varsity team this season and they haven't had a JV since the '08-'09 season.
Agreed....I think Mark did a great job and got a lot out of those kids. I worry about them in their new conference. They should be independent and play some teams at their level. It could be grim.
The new conference won't be a picnic for Richfield but at least they don't have to play HM, STA, and Mahtomedi any more. That was rough (although they did win against HM in '08-'09).
Very true.....But at least they had a prayer against Simley, Sibley, and North St. Paul......
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 11:14 am
by BP
Dave Shute has been named the new Head Coach at Richfield.
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 11:15 am
by BP
Jamie Hagen named the new Head Coach at Willmar.
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 4:20 pm
by Oldcoach63
Dave Shute has been named the new Head Coach at Richfield.
Another hometown guy. He logged a lot of miles in his playing days and really knows the game. I believe he was Dziedzic's assistant with the Novas last season. He had some glory years at Richfield around the time that Darby and his brother were coming up. If I remember, Damien Rhodes may have been their goalie at that time.
It would be great if Richfield could revive that program but my guess is this could be their last season of HS hockey. I'm thinking they'll be lucky to have enough kids for three lines tops this season and probably four defensemen. That's with no JV. Only one goalie and he played Bantam B last season. Shute will have his work cut out for him.
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:26 am
by bardown27
you can fill the shakopee vacancy. per LPH twitter yesterday, shakopee hired ed loiselle to fill the void.
Re: Coaching Openings for 2014-15 List
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:12 pm
by BP
[quote="BP"]Here is what I'm aware of for new coaches/openings for 2014-15. Feel free to add on. New coaches listed when announced.
1) Henry Sibley - Corey Hessler
2) Coon Rapids - Steve Moe
3) Simley - Austyn Kryzer
4) North St. Paul - Nate Peasley
5) East Ridge - Wes Walz
6) Delano - Gerrit Van Bergin
7) Waconia - Patrick Lenton

Northfield - Mike Luckcraft
9) Brainerd - Dave Aus
10) Bagley - Matt Penner
11) Sauk Rapids/Rice - Ken Karna
12) Farmington - Greg May
13) North Shore - Mike Guzzo
14) Forest Lake - Jon Loo
15) Blaine - Chris Carroll
16) Willmar - Jamie Hagen
17) Prairie Centre - Josh Meyer
18) Richfield - Dave Shute
19) Shakopee - Ed Loiselle
All 19 openings have been filled.