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Ed Harding played and coached at Southern Maine (photo: Southern Maine Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ed Harding has announced his departure as head coach of the Southern Maine men’s hockey team.<\/p>\n

The seventh coach in program history, Harding was named USM’s head coach in April 2015 after taking over as interim head coach at the midway point of the 2014-15 season.<\/p>\n

Harding played for the Huskies from 1985 to 1988, was an assistant coach from 1993 to 1996, and was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in 2014.<\/p>\n

“On behalf of the University of Southern Maine and Huskies athletics, I would like to thank Ed Harding for his years of service to our student-athletes and the hockey program,” said Southern Maine director of athletics Al Bean in a statement.<\/p>\n

A national search for the Huskies’ next head coach will begin immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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