Colorado College hockey coach Kris Mayotte announced that Paul Pooley, longtime associate head coach at Notre Dame, and Jordy Murray, assistant coach at Michigan Tech since 2022, have joined the Tiger staff as associate head coach and assistant coach, respectively.
 
In his 20 seasons (2005-25) as its associate head coach, Pooley helped Notre Dame win three regular season titles (two CCHA and one Big Ten) and five conference tournament crowns (CCHA in 2007, 2009, 2013 and Big Ten in 2018 and 2019) while advancing to the NCAA tournament 12 times (2007-09, 2011, 2013-14, 2016-19 and 2021-22), including four trips to the Frozen Four (2008, 2011, 2017 and 2018).
 
“Our search for a candidate to strengthen our championship culture prioritized qualities beyond just technical expertise,” Mayotte said. “Paul’s proven ability to develop elite talent and deliver sustained success stands as a testament to his excellence, but it was his alignment with our vision—to elevate both individuals and the collective program—that solidified his appointment. He brings not only a championship pedigree and an unwavering commitment to player growth but also a profound dedication to fostering meaningful connections. While I am eager to work with Paul, the greatest beneficiaries will be our players. His reputation as a leader of integrity and innovation in hockey is exceptional, and his impact on our program will be great.”
 
Pooley was involved in all aspects of the Notre Dame program and primarily oversaw the development of the Irish defensemen. He helped run the special team’s unit with the Fighting Irish finishing the 2021-22 season with the nation’s top-ranked penalty kill (.906), which also marked the top single-season penalty kill percentage in program history.
 
He joined the Irish staff after spending 11 seasons (1994-2005) as head coach at Providence College. During his tenure at Providence, the Friars won the Hockey East title in 1995-96 and appeared in two NCAA tournaments (1996 and 2001). The 2001 Hockey East and New England Coach of the Year and a two-time finalist for the Spencer Penrose Award as the national coach of the year, Pooley was instrumental in the development of four All-America players during his tenure at Providence.

“I am thrilled to have the opportunity to join Kris and his staff at Colorado College,” Pooley said. “I was truly impressed by the caliber of the people I met on my visit, from the administration to the coaching staff, and the quality of the facilities and resources available to the student-athletes. I am excited to bring my coaching experience and passion to Colorado College and contribute to the continued success of the program.

 

As the associate head coach at Lake Superior State from 1992-94, he was instrumental in leading the Lakers to a pair of NCAA Division I National Championships in 1992 and ’94, and a runner-up finish in 1993.

 

A 1984 graduate of Ohio State (cum laude in accounting and marketing), Pooley was one of the CCHA’s top players from 1980-84 and a second-team selection to the conference’s all-decade team of the 1980’s. A three-time member of the CCHA’s all-academic team, he took Academic All-America honors in 1984. A second-team all-CCHA selection in 1981, he also was selected as the CCHA’s co-Rookie of the Year that season.

 

Pooley capped his collegiate career in 1984 as the CCHA Player of the Year and Bauer’s National Player of the Year, leading the nation in scoring with 32 goals and 64 assists for 96 points in 41 games. Selected first-team all-CCHA and first team All-America as a senior, Pooley is Ohio State’s all-time leader in goals (114), assists (156) and points (270) and joined the Ohio State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994.

 

A native of Exeter, Ontario, Pooley and his wife, Kelly, have two children: Scott, who played college hockey at Holy Cross and now plays professionally in Europe, and Taylor, who played women’s soccer at Ball State.

 

Murray joined the MTU staff after serving as a volunteer assistant coach at Notre Dame during the 2021-22 season. His main responsibilities included recruiting, special teams and player development.

 

A native of Faribault, Minnesota, Murray played 119 games for the Wisconsin Badgers from 2008-11. He tallied 60 career points with 38 goals and 22 assists, was a member of the 2010 NCAA runner-up team and earned a bachelor’s degree in consumer affairs at Wisconsin.

 

“In hiring Jordy, we’re adding a rising star whose vision aligns with the future of this program,” Mayotte said. “Jordy has showcased an innate ability to identify talent, nurture skill, and forge relationships—the cornerstones of elite recruiting and player development. Jordy’s addition to complete our staff allows us to continue to enhance how we develop players and compete in the best college hockey league in the country, the NCHC.”

 

Murray played professional hockey for six years (2011-17) in the Swiss Elite League (Swiss-A). He skated for Rapperswil-Jona, Lugano, and the Langnau Tigers while in Switzerland, totaling 61 points on 26 goals and 35 assists in 167 career games. 

 

Following his playing career, Murray was the owner of Murray Performance Training, serving as the co-owner and the lead performance and on-ice development coach at Perfect World Hockey. He furthered his education and earned a Master of Education in Sport and Exercise Science from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Science in Kinesiology from Concordia University-Chicago. 

 

Prior to Wisconsin, Murray played six seasons with Shattuck St. Mary’s (2002-08), where he won two U-18 national championships. He also served as Team USA’s captain at the 2006 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament (U18).

 

“My wife and I are thrilled to join the Colorado College community and be part of such a prestigious hockey program,” Murray said. “From my first conversation with Kris, I was impressed by his vision and the professionalism shown throughout the process. I’m incredibly grateful to him and Director of Athletics Lesley Irvine for this opportunity and couldn’t be more excited to get to work with the staff and players.”

 

Murray is the son of retired Western Michigan and NHL head coach Andy Murray. His brother, Brady, played at North Dakota and in the NHL for the Los Angeles Kings, and his sister, Sarah, played at Minnesota Duluth and professionally overseas and is now the girls U19 head coach at Shattuck-St. Mary’s School in Minnesota.

 

Murray and his wife, Kate, are expecting their first child in August.

 

The DePaul College Prep Rams will face off against the Willows Academy Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. DePaul College Prep’s offense has struggled lately (the team hasn’t scored more than a single goal for six straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.

DePaul College Prep is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Deerfield on Thursday. The Rams fell 2-0 to the Warriors.

Meanwhile, Willows Academy had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They never let the Wildcats get on the board and left with a 7-0 victory. Willows Academy might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by three goals or more this season.

Willows Academy’s win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-2. Those home victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those six games. As for DePaul College Prep, their loss dropped their record down to 5-9-2.

DePaul College Prep beat Willows Academy 2-0 in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. Will the Rams repeat their success, or do the Eagles have a new game plan this time around? We’ll find out soon enough.

By: Callie Cyr

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Five members of the Dartmouth men’s and women’s swimming team competed in the TYR Pro Series held in Fort Lauderdale. This event consisted of elite competition from all over the country, including former Olympians and world record holders.
 
Izzy Mundee, Jagger Stachtiaris, Tommy Erwin, William McClelland and Jacob Turner were the five athletes that represented Dartmouth at the meet.
 
“Our TYR Pro group raced exceptionally well to open the LCM season after just a few weeks of spring training. Having swimmers walk away with best times or being right on their best times in main events is a testament to their dedication and energy for being on deck at this competition. The ability for our student-athletes to compete against the best in the world, witness historic world records, and see themselves as true competitors at this level of our sport was a huge opportunity for our program. It truly was a fun and fast few days of racing,” said Head Coach Milana Socha.
 
Turner went a lifetime best time in the 200 fly finishing in the position of 2^nd alternate for finals (26^th) with a time of 2:05.00. He earned a place in the B-final in both the 200 IM (2:03.58) and 400 IM (4:28.40) placing 10^th and 15^th respectively in those events.
 
 
Mundee competed in a 200 free time trial and went a lifetime best time in the event, going a 2:07.53. In addition, she swam her 2^nd fastest time ever in the 800 free, 9:11.38, finishing 42/57.
 
 
Stachtiaris achieved new lifetime best times in every event he competed in throughout the meet including the 200 fly (2:06.36), 100 fly (55.41), and 50 fly (25.98).
 
 
Erwin, after coming off a week long illness, was still able to place as high as 28^th in the 200 back with an impressive time of 2:07.72.
 
 
McClelland went a lifetime best time in his 50 fly, going a 25.60, and was right on his lifetime bests in his other events of 100 free (53.00) and the 50 free (23.65).
 

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross field hockey program has announced its leadership group for the upcoming 2025 season: rising senior Julia Carrozza, and rising juniors Marissa MacLean and Maguire Sturgis.
 
“I am excited to announce our captains,” said head coach Lindsay Jackson. “Julia, Marissa, and Maggie have shown day in and out their leadership skills.”

The trio of midfielders are staples in the lineup, having combined for 117 games and 53 points in their time on Mount St. James, along with four Patriot League Honor Roll and four NFHCA DI Academic Squad honors.

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Amy Spelke, left, chair of the Maine School Administrative District 75 school board, and Heidi O’Leary, the district’s superintendent, listen to public comments on the investigation into the Mt. Ararat hockey team hazing incident on Thursday. Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald

TOPSHAM — Before a crowd of parents and others gathered Thursday for the Maine School Administrative District 75 school board meeting, Mt. Ararat High School Principal Chris Hoffman had a clear goal: Turn the page from a hazing ordeal that embroiled the school’s boys hockey team this winter.

“I’m nervous tonight,” he said. “It’s not the public speaking – I do that all the time – it’s that I want to get this right. I want our student athletes to know they have the support of their leaders and their community.”

Hoffman spent several minutes outlining the steps the district has taken and plans to take in a presentation entitled “Ensuring a Healthy, Supportive Athletic Culture at MTA.” It included extra training, more supervision, better communication and team building, and accountability.

He stressed that the process has only begun and he urged board members and those in the audience to work collaboratively in the coming months to ensure success.

Late last month, the school district released a two-page summary of what was learned during a monthslong investigation that began in early January — a pattern of student misconduct that “intended to embarrass or humiliate the target” and violated district policies. At least four students on the hockey team were subjected to hazing that was described as “physical aggression and/or intimidation” and “sexually inappropriate conduct.”

That summary did not include any recommendations for discipline or policy changes, but both SAD 75 Superintendent Heidi O’Leary and board Chair Amy Spelke said at the time that conversations would continue.

Prior to Hoffman’s presentation, during the public comment period before school board meeting, a handful of parents and community members spoke out harshly about the investigation.

Andrea Cram, of Bowdoin, whose son was on the team, said the way it was handled “shattered trust and inflicted real harm.” Cram went on to say that she believes the investigation was not neutral but “leading and manipulative.”

“Efforts to restore the program are appreciated, but they do not undo the damage,” she said.

Andrea Cram, whose son is on the Mt. Ararat hockey team, speaks about her dissatisfaction with the investigation into the hazing incident during public comments at a MSAD 75 school board meeting on Thursday. Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald

Margaret Schmoll, whose son is a student at Lisbon High School but plays on the Mt. Ararat hockey team, said she was “dumbfounded” by the investigation.

Like Cram, Schmoll said the investigation did not “paint the entire picture.”

“You had no interest in making it right or changing the false narrative that you created,” she said.

Hoffman, O’Leary and SAD 75 board members sat quietly during the public comments and didn’t engage with any speakers, many of whom stayed behind to hear the principal’s presentation.

The hazing allegations surfaced in January and represented the third high-profile case in Maine since 2021. Two senior players, along with head coach A.J. Kavanaugh and assistant coach Todd Ridlon, were suspended during the investigation, although O’Leary repeatedly emphasized that the move was not necessarily an indication of guilt.

Former Mt. Ararat boys hockey coach AJ Kavanaugh, seen here in a file photo from March 2022. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Kavanaugh resigned in February, long before the investigation was completed, and is now coaching a youth team based in Lewiston. Once he resigned, Kavanaugh was no longer part of the investigation. He has declined to speak to the Press Herald about the matter.

His resignation came after Mt. Ararat’s season came to an abrupt end following a game in which parents showed support for a suspended player by wearing matching shirts with his number on them. Some players put stickers on their helmets with the number as well. That public show of support during the team’s senior night devolved into reports of taunting and unsportsmanlike conduct from both adults and players, and it created what O’Leary called at the time “a highly charged and divisive environment on the ice, in the locker room, and in the stands.” She responded by canceling the rest of the season.

The investigation continued and eventually involved interviews with 31 individuals — including all members of the co-op team that includes players from SAD 75, as well as nearby Lisbon High School and Morse High School in Bath — and revealed a pattern of behavior that included “the use of homophobic language, intentional urination on teammates in the shower, humping teammates in the locker room while nude, taunting with sexually inappropriate gestures, and other degrading and unwelcome conduct.”

When the school district released the summary of the investigation’s findings, O’Leary and Spelke said a full report contained confidential information and therefore could not be released. The Press Herald requested the report via Maine’s Freedom of Access Act on the grounds that just because documents contain confidential information doesn’t mean they are exempt from public release. In many cases, sensitive information can simply be redacted. The district, in response to that request, said it “will be reviewing the investigative report with legal counsel to determine whether any portion constitutes a public record under FOAA.”

The controversy involving the Mt. Ararat ice hockey team comes on the heels of two other major hazing investigations involving a Maine high school sports team. Last fall, the Lisbon High School football team forfeited half its season after allegations of hazing surfaced. And in 2021, the Brunswick High School football team ended its season early after officials investigated claims of hazing.

High-profile cases of hazing have occurred in other states as well, including this month in upstate New York, where 11 high school students and members of the lacrosse team face criminal charges for hazing a younger player.

A 2020 study by Ohio University found that 47% of high school students say they experienced hazing in sports before they entered college.

The MSAD 75 school board listens to Ken Stockford speak during public comment at a meeting on Thursday. Stockford, whose son plays hockey for Mt. Ararat, asked the board to help ensure there is a season next year for his son’s senior year. Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald

Some hazing experts, like University of Maine professor Elizabeth Allan, the founder of the research group StopHazing, say more can be done to combat hazing.

“Schools are doing more than ever before to educate about it,” Allan told the Press Herald last fall. “But we still have a long way to go. … It’s easy to say ‘Oh, that’s not a problem here at our school.’ However, the research shows that it’s far more pervasive than people typically think.”

Hoffman said the district plans to partner with StopHazing to study team cultures and develop a plan to prevent problematic behaviors.

“I’m looking forward to working with Mt. Ararat to develop and implement recommendations based on the findings and their knowledge of school dynamics,” Allan said in an email.

The district also said it’s working to restore the hockey team to competition next year.

Because the team ended the season by forfeiting a game, it faces a two-year suspension under rules set by the Maine Principals’ Association. The district has appealed that decision and the appeal will be heard in early September. The last two teams that faced suspensions because of hazing incidents won their appeals.

If and when the Mt. Ararat hockey team returns to competition, though, it no longer will include players fromLisbon High School, O’Leary said in a letter to the community this month. The decision was mutual. Mt. Ararat still plans to invite players from Morse High School.

But some players from this year won’t return.

Jason MacDonald said his son, who will be a senior next year, has transferred to another school because of the ordeal. McDonald wasn’t surprised by any of the findings, and he was glad the investigation happened, but he found it lacking.

“My concern is that there is still no accountability for those in leadership positions,” he said. “There were people who knew about issues with this hockey team even before the season started, and they did nothing.”

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