A little more on Todd Knott, the MSU men's hockey team's new assistant coach:
First of all, here is The Free Press' story on Friday's announcement. And here is sort of a Q&A I found with Knott (pronounced kuh-NOT) from Sioux City.
Looks like a good hire by Troy Jutting, who hinted that this was someone he had in mind for the job ever since former assistant Eric Means started showing interest in the Mavericks women's job. Jutting said he's known Knott for several years, and the two have worked together in USA Hockey national select camps many times.
Jutting said Knott and now-fellow assistant Darren Blue will share recruiting and on-ice duties, likely similar to the way Blue and Means have operated over the last few years.
By the way, Knott scored two of his 14 career college goals against Minnesota State. They came in the same series, a season opening split in Bemidji in 2001 -- one goal each in a 7-6 Bemidji win and a 5-3 MSU win.
Some have asked if any MSU alumni were candidates for the job. I'm not sure if there were any official applicants. Had this opening come a few years down the road, undoubtedly Ryan McKelvie would have been considered. McKelvie, a 2006 MSU grad, spent two years as a graduate assistant coach at Bemidji State and recently completed his first year as associate coach of the North American Hockey League's Wenatchee Wild in Washington state.
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