ASSISTANT COACHES assistant coach, was promoted to associate head League. At Yorkton, he coached the Terriers to a coach on August 21, 2003. second-place finish while five players earned Along with his coaching duties, Famulak serves scholarships to NCAA Division I programs. as the program’s recruiting coordinator and During his two years at Miami (Ohio) University through his efforts, Ferris State have landed , Famulak refined his coaching skills and made an some of its top recruiting classes in the last impact in the areas of on-ice instruction, recruit- seven years, including Hobey Baker Finalist and ing, and video-tape analysis. Famulak was the first-team All-American Chris Kunitz. bench coach for defensemen at Miami and Success has accompanied Famulak on every served as the program’s academic advisor. He hockey level, both as a student-athlete and earned a master's degree in sports organization coach. As a collegiate, he played right wing for from Miami in August of 1993. Lake Superior State University's 1988 NCAA Famulak played his junior hockey for the Division I championship team and also for a pair Melville Millionaires of the SJHL and totaled 69 of NCAA Division III champions at the University points (31 goals and 38 assists) during the 1984- of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. His coaching experi- 85 season. He lettered for two years at Lake ence in the Central Collegiate Hockey Superior State (1986-88) before completing his Association includes two seasons at Miami playing career at Wisconsin-Stevens Point (1988- DREW FAMULAK University (1990-92), where he helped recruit the 90). ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH freshmen class for the RedHawks' 1993 CCHA Famulak received a bachelor's degree in busi- (Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 1990) championship team. ness administration-management in 1990 from Famulak has an impressive background in Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He’s a member of the rew Famulak begins his 11th year in the fund-raising, scouting, and recruiting at the junior American Hockey Coaches Association. Famulak D2003-04 season as a member of the Ferris hockey level. In 1992-93, he served as head and his wife, Cheryl, are parents of two children State hockey program’s coaching staff. coach and general manager for the Yorkton – Ian (2) and Emma (1). They reside in Comstock Famulak, who previously served as FSU’s top Terriers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey Park, Mich. arrived at FSU after serving two seasons (2000- As a collegian, Lalonde was a four-year mem- 02) as an assistant at Hamilton College in ber (1990-95) of SUNY Cortland State University’s Clinton, N.Y. While at Hamilton, his primary men’s ice hockey team. He was the recipient of responsibilities included being the Continentals’ the team’s Red Letter Award in recognition of recruiting coordinator, scheduling, managing being selected the Red Dragons’ MVP during his practices, supervising training programs and senior season in 1994-95 and concluded his video analysis. Lalonde was Hamilton’s junior career as the program’s holder of four goaltend- varsity head coach and served as director of the ing records. Lalonde graduated in 1995 from program’s summer hockey school. Previous to SUNY Cortland State with a bachelor of science his coaching stint at Hamilton, Lalonde held the degree in education and earned a master’s same position title at Lebanon Valley College in degree in Higher Education Administration from Annville, Pa., from August 1998 through July 2000. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in 1998. He assisted with the establishment of the NCAA Lalonde, a graduate of St. Lawrence Central Division II-III’s men’s ice hockey program from its High School in Brasher Falls, N.Y., was a standout inception and in 1998-99, the team went 19-6-1 athlete in hockey, football and baseball. A two- in the program’s first year of existance. The time team MVP and first-team all-league goal- Flying Dutchmen also captured the Eastern tender in hockey, Lalonde was an all-conference Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Northeast second-team pick at quarterback in football and DEREK LALONDE Championship and qualified for the NCAA earned first-team all-league kudos in baseball as ASSISTANT COACH Division III Tournament in the program’s third a senior. (SUNY Cortland State, 1995) year of existance. From 1995-98, Lalonde was a Derek is a member of the American Hockey graduate assistant coach at the Massachusetts Coaches Association (AHCA) and resides in erek Lalonde returns for his second sea- College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, Mass. Mecosta, Mich. He’s engaged to FSU women’s Dson in an assistant coaching capacity at He also coached at a Prospects Camp for 16-year soccer head coach Melissa Eging. An avid run- Ferris State and will continue working primarily olds while being a member of the selection com- ner, Lalonde competed in the 1997 Boston with the goaltenders and defensemen. mittee for the Empire State Games and the New Marathon. A native of Brasher Falls, N.Y., Lalonde York State Select 16/17-year old group. he Ferris serves as the video and statistician coordinator 1995-96 campaign with the Sault Ste. Marie TState hockey for the Ferris State hockey program. This season (Mich.) Indians of the NAHL. staff is solidified will also represent his second as the coordinator A 1994 graduate of Sault Area High School in with the return of for the Big Rapids (Mich.) Youth Hockey Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Blashill competed in ice volunteer assis- Association. hockey, football and baseball. He received Most tant coach Tim The Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., native arrived to Valuable Defenseman accolades in hockey dur- Blashill, the Ferris State following a four-year (1996-2000) col- ing his senior season. younger brother legiate playing career at Fredonia (N.Y.) State. In Blashill is presently pursuing a bachelor’s of current Miami his career, the Blue Devil defenseman registered degree in history at FSU. (Ohio) assistant two points (assists) along with 80 penalties for coach Jeff Blashill, 211 minutes in 59 outings. He notched an assist for the fourth apiece in the 1996-97 and 1997-98 seasons. straight season. Prior to attending Fredonia State, Blashill TIM BLASHILL Blashill, whose played in the junior hockey ranks for the VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT duties include Indianapolis (Ind.) Ice of the North American COACH both on-and off- Hockey League (NAHL) during the 1994-95 cam- ice activities, paign. Following that season, Blashill played the

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