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Men’s Ice Hockey 2007-08 SCHEDULE MEN’S ICE HOCKEY NOVEMBER Fri. 16 COLBY* 7:00 p.m. Sat. 17 BOWDOIN* 3:00 p.m. Sat. 24 at Southern New Hampshire# 4:00 p.m. Sun. 25 Consolation/Championship# 1/4:00 p.m. Tue. 27 at Framingham State 7:20 p.m. Fri. 30 at Wesleyan* 7:00 p.m. DECEMBER Sat. 1 at Trinity (CT)* 3:00 p.m. Wed. 5 BABSON* 7:00 p.m. Fri. 28 SUFFOLK+ 5:00 p.m. Sat. 29 CONSOLATION/CHAMPIONSHIP+ 2/5:00 p.m. JANUARY Fri. 11 at Amherst* 7:00 p.m. Sat. 12 at Hamilton* 3:00 p.m. Fri. 18 SAINT MICHAEL’S* 7:00 p.m. Sat. 19 NORWICH* 4:00 p.m. Tue. 22 at UMass Dartmouth* 7:00 p.m. Fri. 25 at Southern Maine* 7:00 p.m. Sat. 26 at Salem State* 4:00 p.m. FEBRUARY Fri. 1 SKIDMORE* 7:00 p.m. Sat. 2 CASTLETON STATE* 3:00 p.m. Fri. 8 at New England College* 7:30 p.m. Sat. 9 at Saint Anselm* 3:00 p.m. Fri. 15 WILLIAMS* 7:00 p.m. Sat. 16 MIDDLEBURY* 4:00 p.m. Fri. 22 at Tufts* 7:00 p.m. Sat. 23 at Connecticut College* 3:00 p.m. + 43rd Annual Codfish Bowl # PAL Stovepipe Tournament - Hooksett, NH * ECAC East game Home games in BOLD CAPS at Clark Athletic Center 2007-08 QUICK FACTS MEN’S ICE HOCKEY About UMass Boston Table of Contents Location ................................................................ Boston, MA 02125 Quick Facts ................................................................ 1 Founded ....................................................................................... 1964 Coaching Staff ........................................................... 2 President .......................................................................... Jack Wilson Season Outlook.......................................................... 4 Chancellor .......................................................... J. Keith Motley, PhD Team Roster ............................................................... 6 Vice Chancellor for Athletics & Recreation .....................Charlie Titus Returning Beacons .................................................... 9 Enrollment ................................................................................ 12, 362 Newcomers .............................................................. 14 Affiliations .................................................NCAA Division III, ECAC 2006-07 Statistics ..................................................... 20 Conference ........................................................................ ECAC East Eastern College Athletic Conference ....................... 22 Nickname .............................................................................. Beacons All-Time Records ..................................................... 24 Colors ..................................................Beacon Blue, Black and White All-Time Series History ............................................ 28 Web site ....................................................................... www.umb.edu Year-By-Year History ............................................... 29 This is UMass Boston ............................................. 35 Men’s Ice Hockey Why UMass Boston? .............................................. 36 Head Coach......................................... Peter Belisle (Connecticut ‘95) Clark Athletic Center ................................................ 37 Phone ..............................................................................617-287-7812 UMass Boston in the Community ............................ 38 e-mail ...............................................................peter.belisle@umb.edu Opportunities for UMB Athletes ............................. 39 UMass Boston Career Record .................................................. 5-20-1 Student Housing Options ........................................ 40 Career Record ............................................................................ 5-20-1 College Degree Programs ......................................... 41 Assistant Coaches .........................................................Jeff Pellegrini Beacon Tradition ..................................................... 42 .................................................................................. Bobby Connors UMass Boston Hall of Fame .................................... 43 Captains ...................... Andrew Ward, Rocco Dabecco, Kris Kranzky Media Information ................................................... 44 Home Arena ....................................................... Clark Athletic Center All-Time Record ................................................................. 266-384-27 2006-07 Overall Record ............................................................. 5-20-1 Directions to UMass Boston ECAC East Conference Record ................................................. 3-16-0 Letterwinners Returning/Lost .....................................................10/19 From the South Newcomers ..................................................................................... 19 Interstate 93 North (Southeast Expressway) to Exit 14, Morrissey Boulevard/JFK Library/UMass. Continue Department of Athletics straight off the exit ramp onto Morrissey Boulevard for approximately one mile. Turn right into the campus and Vice Chancellor of Athletics and Recreation ...................Charlie Titus follow the driveway to the parking areas. Senior Associate Director of Athletics ................................ Pat Burns Senior Associate Director of Athletics .......................... Terry Condon Assistant Director of Athletics ................................. Rodney Hughes From the North Assistant Director of Athletics ......................................Cheryl Aaron Interstate 93 South (Southeast Expressway) to exit 15, Assistant Director of Athletics .................................. Chris Fitzgerald Columbia Road/JFK Library/UMass. Turn left at the end Athletic Department Phone............................................. 617.287.7801 of the exit ramp and proceed towards the rotary. Turn Sports Information Director ...................................... Alan Wickstrom right the first opportunity out of the rotary and remain Phone ..............................................................................617-287-7815 in the right lane descending the ramp onto Morrissey e-mail .......................................................... [email protected] Boulevard. Stay to the right of the curb at the bottom of Fax ................................................................................... 617.287.7840 the ramp and in the left lane. The first traffic light is in Intercollegiate Coordinator ........................................... Dave Roberts front of The Boston Globe plant. At the second traffic Manager of Facilities ................................................... Ken McBryde light, turn left into the campus and follow the driveway Head Athletic Trainer ......................................................... Ed Perkins to the parking areas. Assistant Athletic Trainer ......................................... Shannon Soares Academic Counselor ............................................. Marybeth Maneen From the West Strength & Conditioning Coach .....................................Aaron Olsen Interstate 90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) to Interstate 93 Equipment Manager ........................................................ Myles Berry South (Southeast Expressway). Follow directions from Web site ......................................................... www.athletics.umb.edu North as indicated above. Information Hotline ......................................................... 617.287.7800 The 2007-08 UMass Boston Men’s Ice Hockey Media Guide was written, edited and designed by Director of Sports Media Relations, Alan Wickstrom, using Adobe PageMaker 7.0 and Adobe Photoshop CS2. Assistance by JP Baillieul. Photography by A.J. Rourke and Kahrim Wade. Printed by Ansun Graphics - Syracuse, NY. Pictured on the cover is senior forward Kyle Simpson and sophomore goaltender Ryan Donovan. 1 athletics.umb.edu 2007-08 UMass Boston Men’s Ice Hockey 2007-08 COACHING STAFF MEN’S ICE HOCKEY championship twice and, during his junior season, the Mounties’ success wasn’t limited to the state level as they were crowned PPETER BBELISLE national champions as well. The native of Manville, RI, graduated with a bachelor of science Head Coach degree in business administration, management from UConn in 1995 and followed that with a master of arts degree in sport Connecticut 1995 management in 1999 also at the Storrs campus. Second Season Belisle currently resides in Cumberland, RI with his wife, Carrie and their new baby girl, Madeleine. Head Coach Peter Belisle enters his second season at UMass Boston after a first year that saw him direct the Beacons to its highest win total in seven years. The Belisle File Belisle became the program’s 11th varsity head coach after z 11th Head Coach in UMass Boston history spending nine years with Division I University of Connecticut as z Nine-year assistant for Division I Connecticut an assistant coach. The New England Native spent his first year of coaching with College of the Holy Cross, where he helped z Helped guide UConn to the 2000 MAC Championship guide the Crusaders to their first playoff victory in 13 years. He z Helped guide UConn to its second 20-win season returned to UConn the following season to help guide the program that he was once a part of as a four-year standout player. Belisle z Assistant Coach for Holy Cross, where he helped helped direct the Huskies to a 19-16-1 mark