by futureprospecthockeycamps posted 04/08/2011 
| | Future Prospect Hockey coach, Paul Pearl, of Holy Cross has been named the AHA hockey coach of the year and a finalist for the Spencer Penrose Award. | | |
Eight coaches who have enjoyed on-ice success in 2010-11 have been named finalists for the Spencer Penrose Award, given annually to the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Coach of the Year. The nominees represent any coach who won or shared Coach of the Year honors in his conference this past season, along with coaches whose teams have advanced to the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey semifinals. Of this year's finalists, five were past recipients and one, Jeff Jackson of Notre Dame, is both an NCAA semifinalists and a conference Coach of the Year (CCHA) this season.
The Spencer Penrose Award is named in memory of the Colorado Springs benefactor who built the Broadmoor Hotel Complex, site of the first ten NCAA championship hockey tournaments. It will be presented at the AHCA Coach of the Year Banquet in Naples, Florida, on Saturday evening, April 30. The winner will be announced following the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship scheduled for April 7 and 9 in St. Paul, MN.
Coach Pearl has been working with Future Prospect Hockey Camps for the last three summers. Congratulations coach Pearl.
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