April 9, 2009

Syer Selected as Coach at Skills Competition

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Quinnipiac University men's ice hockey associate head coach Ben Syer has been selected as the second coach for the East Team at the 2009 NCAA Frozen Four Skills Competition, to be held on Friday, April 10 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. Earlier this season, Quinnipiac senior Bryan Leitch (Coquitlam, B.C.) was chosen to compete in the Skills Competition after leading NCAA Division I men's ice hockey in scoring and assists.

"It's a great honor to be selected to coach in this event," Syer said. "I'm very excited to be work with these outstanding student-athletes."

Syer will coach the team with Boston University women's ice hockey head coach Brian Durocher. His responsibilities will include organizing the players into specific competitions.

The competition will be conducted in an East versus West format with each team having six male position players, six female position players, two male goaltenders and two female goaltenders.

Requirements for selection to the team consist of all players having exhausted their collegiate eligibility and a nomination by their head coach. The players were selected by representatives from the American Hockey Coaches Association, the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Committee and NCAA national office staff. The competitions will include puck control relay, fastest skater, hardest shot, rapid fire shooting, accuracy shooting and penalty shot