{"id":148664,"date":"2024-08-25T15:49:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T20:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=148664"},"modified":"2024-08-25T15:49:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T20:49:17","slug":"former-bowling-green-goalie-marian-goalie-coach-nell-named-new-assistant-coach-director-of-hockey-operations-for-colgate-mens-hockey-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2024\/08\/25\/former-bowling-green-goalie-marian-goalie-coach-nell-named-new-assistant-coach-director-of-hockey-operations-for-colgate-mens-hockey-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Bowling Green goalie, Marian goalie coach Nell named new assistant coach, director of hockey operations for Colgate men&#8217;s hockey team"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_148665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148665\" style=\"width: 187px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/chris_nell.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-148665\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/chris_nell.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/chris_nell.jpeg 187w, https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/chris_nell-140x150.jpeg 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-148665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NELL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Colgate has announced Chris Nell as the men&#8217;s hockey team&#8217;s newest assistant coach and director of hockey operations.<\/p>\n<p>Nell will serve as the Raiders&#8217; goalie coach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chris has rapidly ascended through the goalie coaching ranks, and we are so excited to have him join our staff,&#8221; Colgate head coach Mike Harder said in a statement. &#8220;His ability to teach the position, think through the game, and push our student-athletes to get better every day will be an enormous asset to our Colgate hockey community. His passion is both evident and contagious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nell arrives in Hamilton after serving as the assistant\/goalie coach with the USHL&#8217;s Green Bay Gamblers in 2023-24.<\/p>\n<p>He got his start in collegiate coaching at Marian, where he spent the last two years as the goalie coach for both the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s programs.<\/p>\n<p>Nell played professional hockey from 2017 to 2022. He spent 110 games between the pipes in the ECHL, posting a 3.33 goals-against average and a .896 save percentage. Nell also recorded a 3.18 GAA and a .893 save percentage in 31 AHL games.<\/p>\n<p>He played college hockey at Bowling Green. As a sophomore, Nell earned first team all-WCHA honors after recording one of the best seasons in program history. He set the Bowling Green record in goals-against average (1.91) and save percentage (.930) while posting an 18-11-6 record.<\/p>\n<p>As a junior, Nell totaled 807 saves and logged a 2.15 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage. He finished atop the Bowling Green record book in career shutouts (11), career save percentage (.922), and career GAA (2.07).<\/p>\n<p>Nell graduated from Wisconsin-Green Bay in 2022 with a BA in organizational leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colgate has announced Chris Nell as the men&#8217;s hockey team&#8217;s newest assistant coach and director of hockey operations. Nell will serve as the Raiders&#8217; goalie coach. &#8220;Chris has rapidly ascended through the goalie coaching ranks, and we are so excited to have him join our staff,&#8221; Colgate head coach Mike Harder said in a statement. 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