March 23, 2011

Old Friends Meet Again in Midwest Regional

The following article appeared in the March 23 issue of the Troy Record.

 

By Ed Weaver
The Record

TROY — When Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute hockey coach Seth Appert arrives at the NCAA Hockey Tournament Midwest Regional in Green Bay, he’ll see plenty of familiar faces.

Not only is Appert’s former school, the University of Denver there, so is Appert’s best friend, Western Michigan head coach Jeff Blasdell.

The top seed in the region – and the top-ranked team in the nation – North Dakota is quite well-known to Appert, too, since the Fighting Sioux and Denver are big rivals in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.

 

Complete article can be accessed via the Record Web site by clicking here.