{"id":26566,"date":"2004-06-25T21:24:01","date_gmt":"2004-06-26T02:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2004\/06\/25\/hakstol-named-interim-coach-at-und\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:55:43","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:55:43","slug":"hakstol-named-interim-coach-at-und","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2004\/06\/25\/hakstol-named-interim-coach-at-und\/","title":{"rendered":"Hakstol Named Interim Coach At UND"},"content":{"rendered":"
Friday, the University of North Dakota announced that associate head coach Dave Hakstol has been named interim head coach in the wake of Dean Blais’ departure for the NHL.<\/p>\n
Hakstol, a 1992 graduate of UND and former hockey captain, has head coaching experience with the USHL’s Sioux City franchise — where he was the league’s 1997-98 Coach of the Year — and is presumably a candidate for the permanent head coaching position as well. He has been a member of the Sioux’s coaching staff for four years.<\/p>\n
At the same time, the school announced that assistant coach Brad Berry has been appointed interim associate head coach. Berry, a former Sioux icer as well, played professionally with the Winnipeg Jets and the Minnesota North Stars\/Dallas Stars franchises.<\/p>\n
Blais, winner of two national championships during his tenure at North Dakota, left his head coaching position to become associate head coach of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets.<\/p>\n
UND athletic director Roger Thomas said a search for Blais’ permanent replacement will begin immediately. Thomas, Blais, Hakstol and Berry will address the media at an 11 a.m. CT press conference Saturday at Ralph Engelstad Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Friday, the University of North Dakota announced that associate head coach Dave Hakstol has been named interim head coach in the wake of Dean Blais’ departure for the NHL. Hakstol, a 1992 graduate of UND and former hockey captain, has head coaching experience with the USHL’s Sioux City franchise — where he was the league’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n