Former Ferris State University hockey assistant coach Derek Lalonde, most recently an assistant at the University of Denver for the last five seasons, is in the news.Lalonde has been named the new head coach and general manager of the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League, according to several published reports, including the Green Bay Gazette. This position with Green Bay will be the first time that Lalonde has been a head coach, but there is little doubt that he will be up to a challenge after working on college staffs with some strong coaches at Ferris and at Denver.
Congratulations to Coach Lalonde, his wife Melissa and their family. Maybe this could be a case of Derek taking a version of the Jeff Blashill road to success as he looks to become the next hot head coaching commodity at the college level and someday a coach in the National Hockey League.
More on Lalonde's hiring in the Green Bay Gazette:
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20110805/GPG0209/110805116/Gamblers-hire-University-Denver-s-Lalonde-new-head-coach?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|GPG-Sports
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20110805/GPG0209/110805116/Gamblers-hire-University-Denver-s-Lalonde-new-head-coach?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|GPG-Sports
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