Bubz Posted July 30, 2004 Posted July 30, 2004 Here's some of what I found: Imes - Maine 90-95, IHL, Roller Hockey, currently AC at Tri-City, USHL No, Imes was in the USHL for less than 1 year. Then I think he went to NAHL Pitt and became HC after 1 season. Quote
sprig Posted July 30, 2004 Posted July 30, 2004 Imes recently agreed to become head coach for the Elk River AA girls team. Olympian in 1994 Dman part of 93 Maine NCAA championship, 95HE player of the year, hobey runner-up, Maine hall of fame HC in Slovania (Slovakia?) Has been substitute teaching recently in the process of getting to know Elk River ACs and meeting players and parents (in addition to applying for another job), "can't wait to get started" Listed here as head coach of the Forge. Looks like he's been doing several things at once. Quote
#1siouxfan22 Posted July 30, 2004 Posted July 30, 2004 Gee, thanks, make me do all the work. No fish for you, although I'm tempted to mail some carp sushi (via pony express) to GF Here's some of what I found: Imes - Maine 90-95, IHL, Roller Hockey, currently AC at Tri-City, USHL Ling (brought about fish reference) - Notre DAme 92-96, IHL, ECHL, currently HC at ECHL's DAyton Raygor - Wisco 95-98, CHL, ECHL Rochefort - lots of NHL experience with Nordiques and RAngers, Currently AC with QMJHL's Acadie-Bathurst Sirant - WHL 78-79, Calgary Wranglers Wise - USHL, early 90's That's it. Applications will be accepted through today. Out of this list it looks like this Rochefort has the most experience, and whats up with that Imes he coached or played roller hockey? Quote
sprig Posted July 30, 2004 Posted July 30, 2004 and whats up with that Imes he coached or played roller hockey? Looks like he played for a year in Minnesota (1999) following his minor league ice hockey career. Quote
#1siouxfan22 Posted July 30, 2004 Posted July 30, 2004 For me the top 2 choices are still Eades and Johnson. Maybe they will surprise us by picking the guy who is into roller hockey. Quote
U2Bad1 Posted July 30, 2004 Posted July 30, 2004 Now that it is official that steve johnson has applied, would i be the only one to be disappointed if hakstol didnt give him the job?? Quote
dagies Posted July 30, 2004 Posted July 30, 2004 Now that it is official that steve johnson has applied, would i be the only one to be disappointed if hakstol didnt give him the job?? I think it all depends on who is hired and how you think they might stack up. I think Johnson is a no-lose choice, but how could you fault the choice of Eades? I don't know anything about most of the candidates so would be hard to say who is the best choice. That said, Johnson is probably in the top couple of candidates I would like to see. Will be interesting to see how it shakes out. Quote
LadyDy Posted July 30, 2004 Posted July 30, 2004 People. Is there any other choice? GO ARCHIE! Are you talking "Archie" as in JIM ARCHIBALD?? Oh my God - don't get me all excited like that just to tease me! Quote
dagies Posted July 30, 2004 Posted July 30, 2004 I only read the list that Sprig posted. That's all I know, but...... I know of only ONE "Archie". Quote
LadyDy Posted July 30, 2004 Posted July 30, 2004 I only read the list that Sprig posted. That's all I know, but...... I know of only ONE "Archie". Be still my heart! I will be holding my breath until I know for sure Quote
sprig Posted July 30, 2004 Posted July 30, 2004 Are you talking "Archie" as in JIM ARCHIBALD?? Oh my God - don't get me all excited like that just to tease me! That's the one. Currently a customs agent somewhere. Quote
schmidtdoggydog Posted July 30, 2004 Posted July 30, 2004 I don't know if Archie is a top candidate, but can you imagine the pointers he could give to Prpich. With Archie's guidance, MP would probably become the most hated player in the league to non-Sioux fans ! Quote
U2Bad1 Posted July 30, 2004 Posted July 30, 2004 I would imagine somebody who is currently active in coaching would get preference, depending on their experience. With all these names, it might be awhile before we find out who the coach is. When was the last time this much interest was generated in an ASSISTANT coach search! Quote
diggin42 Posted July 30, 2004 Posted July 30, 2004 Don't know if this report is any better than the last one that came out of Lincoln, but it looks like Johnson is staying in Nebraska Lincoln Stars Quote
Bubz Posted July 30, 2004 Posted July 30, 2004 Lincoln Stars Head Coach Steve Johnson will return to coach his ninth season with the USHL team. Johnson had been considered for an assistant coaching position with the University of North Dakota, a job that has since been offered to another candidate. I couldn't get the link to work to read the rest of the story. Quote
diggin42 Posted July 31, 2004 Posted July 31, 2004 I couldn't get the link to work to read the rest of the story. Here's the full article FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, July 30, 2004 STARS HEAD COACH CONFIRMS HIS RETURN TO LINCOLN Lincoln Stars Head Coach Steve Johnson will return to coach his ninth season with the USHL team. Johnson had been considered for an assistant coaching position with the University of North Dakota, a job that has since been offered to another candidate. The Grand Forks native and All-American player for the Fighting Sioux had also been a candidate for the head coaching job at UND, a position that was ultimately accepted by their former Associate Head Coach, Dave Hakstol. As the Stars first and only head coach, Johnson has led the team to Clark Cup championships in 1997 and 2003, and three Anderson Cup titles in his eight seasons. Quote
jk Posted July 31, 2004 Posted July 31, 2004 If I had to guess I would think it will be Eades, which would be fine with me. Quote
dagies Posted July 31, 2004 Posted July 31, 2004 If I had to guess I would think it will be Eades, which would be fine with me. That would be my guess too. Quote
U2Bad1 Posted July 31, 2004 Posted July 31, 2004 That would be my guess too. Is eades more qualified that johnson? Quote
dagies Posted July 31, 2004 Posted July 31, 2004 Is eades more qualified that johnson? I don't think I'm qualified to answer that. But I'll give my opinion. I think Eades is a very acceptable candidate, and of the 2 I would have been happy with either Johnson or Eades, and that's only because I knew of them. I'm sure some of the other candidates would have been excellent choices too, I just don't know anything about them, so that limited my opinion. Eades has been a UND assistant previously. I like ties to the UND program. He's also a forward, and played at a high level. He was a "character" guy on teams he played on, played some pro hockey, and has had a successful coaching career at the level he's been at. For me, those are good qualifications for an assistant coach. Blais didn't have much better coming in as a head coach. Is Johnson even more qualified? I suppose that is possible. I'm just saying that I think Eades is strong enough. Quote
U2Bad1 Posted July 31, 2004 Posted July 31, 2004 I have no clue, I think I liked johnson's very close connections to the USHl and his likeability amongst players and potential recruits. Not to mention that the guy was dying to get back to grand forks (not that that is a good reason to hrie somebody). Quote
Rick Posted July 31, 2004 Posted July 31, 2004 I believe Eades comes in for his interview on Sunday. I wouldn't be surprised if he stayed over Sunday night and was introduced as the new assistant on Monday. I'll also predict, if it does turn out to be Cary, UND will win another WCHA title next spring and go very deep into the NCAA's. I wonder if Mike Prpich has seen the tape of the early '80's UND/Wisc water bottle game? If Cary is hired, he would end up being the forwards coach. It could be a real interesting year with Cary coaching Mike. Quote
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