sentences:  With Maine set to join the newly formed Hockey East Association, Maine hired Shawn Walsh, a 29-year-old assistant at Michigan State University and ex-3rd string goalie at Bowling Green State University.Walsh served as assistant coach for Ron Mason at his alma mater and Michigan State where he and Mason turned the Spartans' program from being sub-.500 performers to national contenders in only half a decade.He inherited a struggling team, so win/loss improvement was not immediate; Maine posted a 23–57–2 record over Walsh's first two years with the program.