umass big east hockey underway the mission to revive hockey at umass is now underway at the pm saturday afternoon press conference held at the new mullins center arena former boston college asst coach joe mallen was awarded the year year contract as head coach for the umass minutemen mallen was the third viable pick for the position right behind jeff jackson lake superior and second behind shawn walsh umaine previous offers for the position were rumored to have been offered to the asst coaches of brown rpi and the head coach of the ahl springfield indians umass hockey was disbanded in due to financial constraints that had undermined the team s position over a period of years in late november of last year the million mullins sports center was opened following its one year construction deadline the minutemen are slated to play an independent div ii div iii schedule this upcoming winter before officially entering hockey east for the winter season mallen has yet to comment on player recruitment strategies or potential team candidates for the minutemen it is expected that he will leverage off his inside contacts within new england the bay state and europe to draw on competitive top ice players for the university umass has slated hockey scholarships for the upcoming fall semester expect to hear more from me as i hear more from my sources j d jim doyle univ of massachusetts dept of computer science staff programmer puma dcc cnet email doyle gaia cs umass edu office lederle grc room a tel home blackberry ln tel amherst ma
