Ashland names new hockey coach
Heads have been popping in and out of Ashland High’s athletic offices this morning, and you might say that excitement is justified.
After looking over a dozen applications, the school has decided to go in-house in hiring a new boys’ ice hockey coach. Current assistant coach Mike Roman was officially promoted to head coach yesterday afternoon.
Roman, a history teacher at the school and a captain of Suffolk University’s hockey squad in 2002, takes over for Steve O’Neill, whose Clockers team went 18-0-2 before suffering a first-round upset in the Division 3 South tournament.
In five years under O’Neill, the team went 55-38-4. O’Neill officially resigned from the team on March 15, for personal reasons.
““I felt like this was the most progressive step,” said Athletic Director Naomi Martin. “I think that in reality, Mike has the entire package for us, in that he is a great hockey mind, but alo a person with great priorities in life. He understands the whole school, families, hockey and how they fit into a priority list.”
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- Bob Holmes: A Reading resident (Go Rockets!) and Boston College graduate, Holmes is the Boston Globe High School Sports Editor. We remind you now that his weekly picks are often made in jest so everyone just calm down when he picks against Everett for 11 straight weeks.
- Mike Carraggi: An Everett native (Go Tide!), Mike attends Eastern Nazarene college and is entering his second year with the Globe. He'll focus on Division 1 this fall, which means he'll spend a lot of time in his hometown, which Forsberg thinks is cool because the Tide have that Fried Dough cart.
- Emily Wright: A Hyannis native (Go Barnstable Red Raiders!), Emily is a senior at Emerson College and has been with the Globe since the end of July. She'll cover Division 1A and will be the first intern we've trusted to navigate her way to Dennis-Yarmouth or any other school on the Cape.
- Mike Grossi: A Lexington native (Go Minutemen!), Mike attends Northeastern and has been with the Globe for two months. He'll cover Division 2 and 2A and unsuccessfully lobbied to include Lexington in the preseason Top 20.
- Jonathan Raymond: A native of Benicia, Calif. (a suburb of San Francisco), Jonathan attends Northeastern and has been working at the Globe since the end of June. He will be focusing on Division 3 and is likely woefully underprepared for covering a game in a foot of snow.
- David Carty: A native of West Bridgewater (Go Wildcats!), David is a senior at Emerson College and has been working at the Globe for a year. He'll cover Divisions 3A and 4 because, "small school ball is in my blood."
- The bench: You'll also catch updates from our regional contributors, including Globe North's Julian Benbow and South's Monique Walker. Correspondent Brendan Hall will have updates from the Globe West coverage area and will often try to sneak in Central Mass. news.
