Means era about to begin

The MSU women's hockey team will have its first official practice of the season on Saturday morning, but new coach Eric Means has been working nonstop since getting hired in May, recruiting, transitioning from men's hockey to women's hockey and getting his first team ready for the upcoming season.

Here's today's Free Press story on Means and the upcoming season.

Means has expressed the desire to put a more competitive team on the ice, not only one that competes hard in games but in practice. Specifically, he talked about speed, hard work and getting after loose pucks. Sounds a lot like the type of teams he tried to help build down the hall with the MSU men's program.