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Union College Club Hockey team is accepting applicants for Head Coach.See below. |
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Union College Club Ice Hockey has been one of the fastest club sports to be positively recognized on the Union College Campus. The team started as a “beer” league team and has recently worked its way up to being one of the most recognized club teams in the Northeast Region. The team currently competes in the Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference (MCHC), which is a part of the Division III American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA). The club team is home to all Union College Hockey players, men and women that feel they need an outside alternative to playing for Union’s Division I NCAA hockey teams. The club team is made up of students who have mostly played hockey at the Midget Major to Junior hockey level. The team practices two to three times a week from September to early March. The team plays about twenty season games that typically begin in the beginning of October and end anywhere from February to March depending upon playoffs. This past season the team came in third place in their division in the MCHC and finished seventh overall and 21st in the Northeast Region of the ACHA. The team finished when they were knocked out of the playoffs by they season against SUNY Farmingdale (1). Other teams in the MCHC are SUNY New Paltz, SUNY Albany, Fairfield University, Yale, Briarcliff College, Fordham University, County College of Morris, NJIT, St. Thomas Aquinas, Hofstra University, and SCSU. The Union College Club Team does not only stay inside the MCHC to play, in the past they have played Boston College, Stony Brook University, HVCC, Coast Guard Academy, C.W. Post, Colgate, and Skidmore. If you are interested in playing Club Ice Hockey, please contact the President, Eric Silverstein, at silvere2@union.edu or Vice President Andrew Cody at codya@union.edu. Also look for signs at move in day for our first meeting. For more information on the Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference go to www.methockey.com |
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Union College Club Hockey team is accepting applicants for Head Coach. The Head Coach must report to two to three practices a week and travel with the team to all home and away games. The coach must run an efficient practice that is both serious and fun. The coach must also report to team management on a regular basis and must come to team management meetings either before or after practice / games. Along with on ice duties the coach must help management with some ACHA and MCHC paperwork to ensure that it is on time. It is important for the applicant to know when to be serious and when it is good to have fun with the team. Knowledge of the game is important and must warrant atleast one to two years experience at the Junior or DIII ACHA level of play. The coaching responsibilities mainly occur from September to March. This position is a paid position that is based on past experience and records. Please send coaching resume to silvere2@union.edu. Qualified applicants must apply by May 28th, 2008. |
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by R. Hogue, Union College, Schenectady, NY
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