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Fox Sports
16 hours ago
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Courtney Kessel in final discussions to take over as Princeton women's hockey coach, AP sources say
Associated Press Boston Fleet coach Courtney Kessel is in final discussions to take over as women's hockey coach at Princeton, two people with knowledge of talks told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The people spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because Kessel's hiring is not complete and the process could take weeks to finalize. The move would be a homecoming for Kessel, who previously served as an assistant at Princeton under Cara Gardner Morey. She would succeed Gardner Morey, who left the Tigers in May upon being hired as general manager of the PWHL's expansion team in Vancouver. Kessel's ties to Princeton played a major role in her decision to pursue the job. The choice to leave the PWHL was considered a difficult one for the 35-year-old, who is proud of the relationships she formed with staff and players in helping launch the Fleet. She had a 27-19-8 record with the franchise. Boston reached the Walter Cup finals last year in its inaugural season, where it lost a decisive Game 5 to Minnesota. This season, the Fleet missed the playoffs by the slimmest of margins. From Toronto, Kessel played at New Hampshire, where she was a 2010 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given to the MVP of women's college hockey. She also represented Canada at three world championships, including a gold-medal win in 2012. After four years as an assistant at Princeton, Kessel served as associate head coach at Boston University in 2023-24 before being hired as the Fleet's first coach. The Fleet have undergone major changes this offseason. Star forward Hilary Knight left Boston to sign with the PWHL's expansion team in Seattle. The Fleet also have an opening at assistant general manager after Meghan Turner was hired as Seattle's GM. The PWHL will now have three coaching vacancies, with Seattle and Vancouver having yet to fill their positions. Princeton's program flourished during Gardner Morey's eight seasons as coach. The Tigers won their first Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament title in 2020 as part of a school-record 26-win season. ___ AP women's hockey: recommended in this topic
Yahoo
16 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Courtney Kessel in final discussions to take over as Princeton women's hockey coach, AP sources say
FILE- Courtney Kessel, head coach of the Boston-based team of the Professional Women's Hockey League, instructs her players during a team hockey practice ahead of their season, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, in Wellesley, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, file) Boston Fleet coach Courtney Kessel is in final discussions to take over as women's hockey coach at Princeton, two people with knowledge of talks told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The people spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because Kessel's hiring is not complete and the process could take weeks to finalize. Advertisement The move would be a homecoming for Kessel, who previously served as an assistant at Princeton under Cara Gardner Morey. She would succeed Gardner Morey, who left the Tigers in May upon being hired as general manager of the PWHL's expansion team in Vancouver. Kessel's ties to Princeton played a major role in her decision to pursue the job. The choice to leave the PWHL was considered a difficult one for the 35-year-old, who is proud of the relationships she formed with staff and players in helping launch the Fleet. She had a 27-19-8 record with the franchise. Boston reached the Walter Cup finals last year in its inaugural season, where it lost a decisive Game 5 to Minnesota. This season, the Fleet missed the playoffs by the slimmest of margins. From Toronto, Kessel played at New Hampshire, where she was a 2010 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given to the MVP of women's college hockey. She also represented Canada at three world championships, including a gold-medal win in 2012. Advertisement After four years as an assistant at Princeton, Kessel served as associate head coach at Boston University in 2023-24 before being hired as the Fleet's first coach. The Fleet have undergone major changes this offseason. Star forward Hilary Knight left Boston to sign with the PWHL's expansion team in Seattle. The Fleet also have an opening at assistant general manager after Meghan Turner was hired as Seattle's GM. The PWHL will now have three coaching vacancies, with Seattle and Vancouver having yet to fill their positions. Princeton's program flourished during Gardner Morey's eight seasons as coach. The Tigers won their first Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament title in 2020 as part of a school-record 26-win season. ___ AP women's hockey:
Hamilton Spectator
16 hours ago
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Courtney Kessel in final discussions to take over as Princeton women's hockey coach, AP sources say
Boston Fleet coach Courtney Kessel is in final discussions to take over as women's hockey coach at Princeton, two people with knowledge of talks told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The people spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because Kessel's hiring is not complete and the process could take weeks to finalize. The move would be a homecoming for Kessel, who previously served as an assistant at Princeton under Cara Gardner Morey. She would succeed Gardner Morey, who left the Tigers in May upon being hired as general manager of the PWHL's expansion team in Vancouver . Kessel's ties to Princeton played a major role in her decision to pursue the job. The choice to leave the PWHL was considered a difficult one for the 35-year-old, who is proud of the relationships she formed with staff and players in helping launch the Fleet. She had a 27-19-8 record with the franchise. Boston reached the Walter Cup finals last year in its inaugural season, where it lost a decisive Game 5 to Minnesota. This season, the Fleet missed the playoffs by the slimmest of margins. From Toronto, Kessel played at New Hampshire, where she was a 2010 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given to the MVP of women's college hockey. She also represented Canada at three world championships, including a gold-medal win in 2012. After four years as an assistant at Princeton, Kessel served as associate head coach at Boston University in 2023-24 before being hired as the Fleet's first coach. The Fleet have undergone major changes this offseason. Star forward Hilary Knight left Boston to sign with the PWHL's expansion team in Seattle. The Fleet also have an opening at assistant general manager after Meghan Turner was hired as Seattle's GM. The PWHL will now have three coaching vacancies, with Seattle and Vancouver having yet to fill their positions. Princeton's program flourished during Gardner Morey's eight seasons as coach. The Tigers won their first Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament title in 2020 as part of a school-record 26-win season. ___ AP women's hockey:
Hindustan Times
16 hours ago
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Courtney Kessel in final discussions to take over as Princeton women's hockey coach, AP sources say
Boston Fleet coach Courtney Kessel is in final discussions to take over as women's hockey coach at Princeton, two people with knowledge of talks told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The people spoke to the on the condition of anonymity because Kessel's hiring is not complete and the process could take weeks to finalize. The move would be a homecoming for Kessel, who previously served as an assistant at Princeton under Cara Gardner Morey. She would succeed Gardner Morey, who left the Tigers in May upon being hired as general manager of the PWHL's expansion team in Vancouver. Kessel's ties to Princeton played a major role in her decision to pursue the job. The choice to leave the PWHL was considered a difficult one for the 35-year-old, who is proud of the relationships she formed with staff and players in helping launch the Fleet. She had a 27-19-8 record with the franchise. Boston reached the Walter Cup finals last year in its inaugural season, where it lost a decisive Game 5 to Minnesota. This season, the Fleet missed the playoffs by the slimmest of margins. From Toronto, Kessel played at New Hampshire, where she was a 2010 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given to the MVP of women's college hockey. She also represented Canada at three world championships, including a gold-medal win in 2012. After four years as an assistant at Princeton, Kessel served as associate head coach at Boston University in 2023-24 before being hired as the Fleet's first coach. The Fleet have undergone major changes this offseason. Star forward Hilary Knight left Boston to sign with the PWHL's expansion team in Seattle. The Fleet also have an opening at assistant general manager after Meghan Turner was hired as Seattle's GM. The PWHL will now have three coaching vacancies, with Seattle and Vancouver having yet to fill their positions. Princeton's program flourished during Gardner Morey's eight seasons as coach. The Tigers won their first Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament title in 2020 as part of a school-record 26-win season. women's hockey: /hub/womens-hockey
Boston Globe
24-03-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
‘Elbows up.' Canada's new leader was a Harvard goalie and he's using his hockey background to fight Trump's threats.
Advertisement In one sense, it was no surprise that Carney turned to hockey in a country that originated the sport and reveres it like a religion. But Carney's verbal slapshot wasn't just icy rhetoric. He actually laced up the skates as a goalie in the mid-1980s on Harvard University's hockey team. One of his teammates, told the Globe that he predicted — half-kiddingly — when they were freshmen that Carney would be prime minister one day. Now, with has degrees from Harvard and Oxford (where he was Advertisement Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (right) skated with Derek Ryan of the Edmonton Oilers during the team's practice Thursday in Edmonton, Alberta. JASON FRANSON/Associated Press 'Up to now, he's relied on his background and pedigree. Now will be a time to show he can connect with regular folks, with everyday Canadians, because that's not something he's had to do in his career,' said Sébastien Dallaire, executive vice president of In January, He's used hockey to distinguish his personality from Trudeau's Elbows up, Canada. — Mark Carney (@MarkJCarney) His reliance on hockey to connect with voters isn't without risk. Listed at 5 feet 9 inches tall and 160 pounds, total Harvard statistics. Advertisement He appeared in only one game. Carney, 60, has admitted he played 'He could have been a top-two goalie at probably 10 or 15 other teams in D-1,' Chiarelli told the Globe. 'He worked very hard. He wasn't your bigger goalie … but [he was] athletic, could handle the puck.' And Carney has something few goalies do: Harvard was playing Colgate in the Eastern College Athletic Conference playoffs on March 9, 1985, and the contest had gotten out of hand. Congratulations to former goaltender and alum — Harvard Men's Hockey (@HarvardMHockey) Carney, the third-stringer, skated onto the ice. He faced five shots and stopped them all, leading his college friends to dub the game 'the shutout.' 'I was with Mark the other night and we were talking about that and he says, 'I'd like to think that I made a difference because the game could have changed if I let in a couple of goals,' ' said Chiarelli, now vice president of hockey operations for the St. Louis Blues, who remains close to Carney. 'I said, 'Don't kid yourself, Mark. That game wasn't changing.' ' Advertisement Carney's 'That first week, I said, 'Mark, you're going to be prime minister.' I half-meant it because he was so impressive. And he half-digested it, like, 'You know what? That wouldn't be such a bad thing,' ' said Chiarelli, who remains close to Carney. 'You could tell he was very smart, and as the time progressed, I could tell he was special.' Carney's political opening came after In the past couple of months, the Liberals have erased a 20-point deficit in the polls and now are Advertisement Carney has stressed his experience dealing with economic crises to argue he's the right person to lead Canada in this tumultuous time. As head of the Bank of Canada from 2008-13, he worked with other central bankers to Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke during a news conference with his Cabinet ministers at Rideau Hall after a swearing-in ceremony on March 14, in Ottawa. DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty Images 'He has this image of being more of a technocrat, someone really calm, thoughtful,' said Daniel Béland, director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada in Montreal. 'So far [the Conservatives] have been unable to wage really effective attacks against him. They are still trying to find out what will stick.' Chiarelli said his longtime friend is using lessons about teamwork from their Harvard hockey days as he skates in the political arena for the first time. And Chiarelli relishes his accurate forecast about Carney's future, with hopes it continues. 'I was right,' said Chiarelli, who attended Carney's swearing-in ceremony in Ottawa. 'I'll be bugging him about that until we're in rocking chairs.' Jim Puzzanghera can be reached at
