News Briefs

Alaska-Anchorage to hold public forum May 20 to discuss coaching candidates — Alaska-Anchorage’s supplemental search committee for a new coach will meet to begin the application review process on Monday, May 20, the school announced Thursday. The public is invited to participate in an open forum session. Coaching finalists are expected to be announced by May 30. (May 17, 2013)

North Dakota promotes Irle — North Dakota has promoted Daniella Irle from senior associate athletics director for internal operations to deputy director of athletics. She will continue to serve as senior woman administrator for UND athletics. (May 7, 2013)

Friedli named new USA Hockey Fishman intern — USA Hockey announced Wednesday that Zack Friedli has been named the 15th recipient of the Brian Fishman Internship. Friedli, who will graduate from Minnesota-Duluth this spring, is currently an intern in the school’s sports information department, with his duties including assisting with game day operations at UMD men’s hockey games. (May 1, 2013)

Corkum to lead U.S. Under-18 Selects at Hlinka event — USA Hockey announced Tuesday that Maine interim head coach Bob Corkum has been named head coach for the U.S. Under-18 Select Team that will compete in the 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament. (April 30, 2013)

Dill named new Bemidji State athletics director — Bemidji State announced Thursday that Tracy Dill as the university’s next director of intercollegiate athletics. Dill comes to BSU after 27 years at St. Cloud State, where he has served as associate athletic director since 1999. He will replace Rick Goeb. (April 25, 2013)

Fundraiser for Nazareth coach Roll’s family to be held April 20 — The Rochester Americans players’ wives and girlfriends will be having a fundraising raffle to benefit the family of Nazareth coach George Roll, whose wife has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, during the Amerks’ game versus the Hamilton Bulldogs on Saturday, April 20 at the Blue Cross Arena. The efforts are being spearheaded by Amerks’ goaltender David Leggio, who played for Roll at Clarkson. Roll played at Bowling Green and also coached at Oswego. (April 19, 2013)

Ex-Northern Michigan AD Godfrey passes away — Ken Godfrey, Northern Michigan’s athletic director from 2003-11, passed away April 17 at the age of 64 following a long battle with cancer and suffering from a graft-versus-hosts disease from his bone marrow transplant. Godfrey was a former chair of the CCHA Executive Committee and also hired current NMU head coach Walt Kyle. (April 18, 2013)

Princeton’s Kampersal tabbed U.S. Women’s National Under-18 coach — USA Hockey announced Thursday that Princeton’s women’s coach Jeff Kampersal has been named head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Under-18 Team for the 2013-14 season. Joining him as assistant coaches will be Boston College associate coach Courtney Kennedy and Boston University assistant coach Katie Lachapelle. (April 18, 2013)

Yale’s Zupon named Devens Award winner — Yale senior forward Alyssa Zupon has been named the winner of the 2013 Sarah Devens Award, a joint award between ECAC Hockey and Hockey East that is presented annually to a player who “demonstrates leadership and commitment both on and off the ice.” The winner receives a post-graduate scholarship of $10,000. (April 18, 2013)

Kurtz joins Penn State athletics office — Longtime St. Cloud State athletics director Dr. Morris Kurtz joined Penn State on April 1 as the school’s special assistant to operations. Kurtz will assist associate athletic director Joe Battista and the NCAA Division I men’s and women’s hockey programs as they move into Pegula Ice Arena and the Big Ten for the 2013-14 season. (April 9, 2013)

Berlo named new AD at Minnesota-Duluth — Josh Berlo has been named the new director of intercollegiate athletics at Minnesota-Duluth. He spent the past 12 years at Notre Dame as the senior assistant athletics director for guest relations and event marketing. (April 4, 2013)

Hanowski, Agostino part of package for Iginla — St. Cloud State senior forward Ben Hanowski and Yale junior forward Kenny Agostino were part of the NHL trade Wednesday night that sent Calgary Flames’ captain Jarome Iginla to the Pittsburgh Penguins for the college pair and a 2013 first-round pick. (March 28, 2013)

Gaudreau, Bazin, Gillies win HEWBA awards — Boston College sophomore forward Johnny Gaudreau was named player of the year by the Hockey East Writers and Broadcasters Association on Wednesday, while Massachusetts-Lowell’s Norm Bazin was named coach of the year and Providence goaltender Jon Gillies captured the association’s rookie of the year award. (March 20, 2013)

Flygh to serve as Sweden’s video coach at Women’s Worlds — Yale women’s head coach Joakim Flygh will be Sweden’s video coach at the IIHF Women’s World Championship in Ottawa, Ont., from Apr. 2-9. (March 20, 2013)

Details on ESPNU’s NCAA tournament selection show broadcast — Anish Shroff and analysts Barry Melrose and Dave Starman will appear on the selection show for the 2013 men’s NCAA tournament, scheduled for 9 p.m. EDT Sunday on ESPNU. The Quinnipiac team will be in-studio guests. (March 20, 2013)

Michigan alum Herr takes position with USA Hockey’s ADM — Matt Herr, who helped Michigan to the 1996 and 1998 national titles, has been named a regional manager of USA Hockey’s American Development Model. He will begin his duties on June 3. (March 18, 2013)

Nazro, Prior earn Hockey East Founders Medals — TD Garden vice president for events Steve Nazro and Jim Prior, longtime public address announcer for Boston University and both the Hockey East and Beanpot tournaments, will each receive the Hockey East Founders Medal prior to the second Hockey East semifinal on Friday, March 22. (March 15, 2013)

Northern Michigan’s Thurber out for CCHA playoffs with broken ankle — Northern Michigan senior forward and leading scorer Matt Thurber will not play in this weekend’s CCHA first-round playoff series against Michigan or the rest of the postseason after suffering a broken right ankle at practice Tuesday, according to the Mining Journal. (March 7, 2013)

Koch takes communications/social media post at USA Hockey — Rob Koch has been named director of communications and social media at USA Hockey. Koch most recently served as senior director of public relations and team operations with the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers from 1999-2011. (March 4, 2013)

Snowstorm postpones Nebraska-Omaha exhibition game — Thursday’s exhibition game between Nebraska-Omaha and the U.S. Under-18 Team has been moved to 7 p.m. Saturday because of a snowstorm in Omaha. Tickets for Thursday’s game will be honored on Saturday. (February 21, 2013)

Air Force’s Michalke joins USHL coaching staff — Air Force junior forward George Michalke, on medical leave for the rest of the season, has joined the USHL’s Tri-City Storm as an assistant coach. (February 21, 2013)

Massachusetts-Northeastern game for Feb. 8 postponed to Feb. 19 — Massachusetts’ home game scheduled for Friday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Mullins Center against Northeastern has been postponed due to the impending snow storm. The game will now be played on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. The Minutemen’s road game at Merrimack on Saturday, Feb. 9 is still slated to be played as scheduled at 4 p.m. (February 7, 2013)

York to be enshrined in Beanpot Hall of Fame — Boston College coach Jerry York, who helped lead the Eagles to a Beanpot title as a player in 1965 and coached them to six more championships from 2001 to 2012, will be inducted into the Beanpot Hall of Fame on Monday, Feb. 4, at the TD Garden. (January 30, 2013)

Second All-American Prospects Game to be held in Pittsburgh — The second annual CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game will be held Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013 at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh. The first such game was Sept. 29, 2012 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y. (January 29, 2013)

Tillotson leaves Michigan SID post for NHL — Michigan assistant director of media relations and hockey contact Rob Tillotson has left the school to take the media relations manager position with the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks. (January 22, 2013)