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Madrid-based and former Clarkson men’s hockey player Matt Curley resigned on Monday from the men’s hockey coach in the NCAA division of Alaska-Anchorage.
The school announced last year that it had dropped hockey and did not compete last season. Curleys ’resignation is effective June 30th.
This was a very difficult decision for me and my family because we believe in the future of Seawolf-Hockey, Curley said in a statement. It has had the privilege of educating such fine young men as well as living in the Anchorage community. The recent financial support flow to the team has been great to see, and I wish the program only the best.
Fans of the program, as well as Curley, have tried to raise funds to continue the program, but last season many players moved away, including current Clarkson striker Nick Wicks. Proponents were told that saving the program would require $ 3 million by the end of August.
One of Curleys ’assistants, Cantonese-born Mark Phalon, took a job in Niagara last season.
The Seawolves played for the Western College Hockey Association, which disbanded and non-Alaskan teams formed a new conference, The Central College Hockey Association, leaving Alaska-Anchorage out of the league.
Curley coached two seasons in Alaska-Anchorage with a record 7-53-10. He played high school hockey in Norwood-Norfolk and served as assistant captain of the Clarksons 2007 ECAC Hockey Championship. Curleys ’younger sister, Maureen Webster, is Clarkson’s women’s basketball coach.
I want to thank Matt for his efforts while here at UAA and wish him well in the next attempt, Greg Myford, Director of Sports at Seawolves, said in a statement. His professionalism and efforts to support students never wavered.
Alaska-Anchorage was scheduled to play two non-negotiation games at the Clarksons Cheel Arena last season, but those games disappeared on schedule for COVID-19.
TRIMBOL NAME OF THE PRESIDENT OF US HOCKEY
Massena boys hockey coach Mike Trimboli was elected president of USA Hockey recently at a board meeting.
He serves a three-year term and succeeds Jim Smith, who spent the last six years as president.
Trimboli began working with USA Hockey, first as a player in 1970 and then in 1979 at the ice rink. He was the regional vice president of the New York State Amateur Hockey Association in 1996 and in 2004 as the district’s player development coordinator.
Trimboli was elected to the New York County U.S. Hockey Council Board in 2005 and U.S. Vice President in 2017.
He coached Massena for the State I Championship in 2014.
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