Newsstand: Michigan hockey makes tweaks to coaching staff
Michigan hockey head coach Brandon Naurato has made some changes to his staff, announcing on Monday the hiring of Matthew Deschamps and Kevin Reiter as assistant coaches. Along with the move also comes the elevation of Rob Rassey to associate head coach and Evan Hall to director of hockey operations.
“Last season we led the country in goals for,” Naurato said in a press release. “And with the addition of Deschamps and Reiter, they are going to make the defensive side of our game that much better and it will have a huge impact on Michigan hockey.”
The tweaks have allowed Michigan to add a third full-time assistant coach to Naurato’s staff, which was an emphasis for him this offseason.
“We believe that Michigan, in general, is all about player development. Adding a full-time goalie coach, who will be there seven days a week will have a huge impact on our program. A great communicator and teacher, he’ll not only develop the goalies of the future for Michigan hockey but identify the right goalies we need to target during recruiting.”
Below is what Naurato had to say about the two new hires.
On Deschamps:
“Descamps is one of the best defensive developers in the game of hockey. His attention to detail on the technical and tactical aspects with the puck, and more importantly without the puck is next level. He’ll run the penalty kill and the defensemen in-game and will help us take another step forwards in both areas.”
On Reiter:
“Reiter has been the general manager and sole decision maker on picking the national development team for the last eight years. He knows what high-end talent looks like, how to identify it and how to work with those types of players. Reiter will be a huge asset in supporting Rob Rassey in recruiting and roster management.”
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“I can definitely respect them saying that the culture needs to be reestablished. A lot of those guys are young, last year was their first year here and that’s all they know. But at the same time, Michigan does have great culture — and culture doesn’t just go away because of a bad year. Culture is something you build through time, and then it’s about how you bounce back, it’s about how you continue to keep doing things consistently, every year, every month, every week.
“It’s not something that can be built in a day, and it’s not something that’s just going to go away in a day or a year. One bad year doesn’t define a team and their culture. I feel like we have the chance to bring it back to what it’s known for, and understand that everybody has bad years.”
– Michigan basketball transfer forward Olivier Nkamhoua on changing culture in Ann Arbor
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