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HEAD COACH TOM ANASTOS THE ANASTOS FILE... Educa on: B.A., Michgian State (1987) Michigan State (1982-85) Head Coach University of Michigan-Dearborn, 1987-90 Assistant Coach Michigan State University, 1990-92 Head Coaching Records: Tom Anastos, a Michigan State alumnus who has excelled in the sport of hockey as a player, coach, administrator, and visionary, was appointed to the posi on of Head Coach of the Michigan State Hockey program on March 23, 2011. Anastos, who previously served as the commissioner of the Central Collegiate Hockey Associa on for 13 seasons, became just the sixth Michigan State hockey coach in program history and the fourth in the modern era. Recognized by The Hockey News in each of the past five years on the list of the 100 most influen al and powerful people in the sport (No. 46 in 2011), Anastos has an unrivaled passion for the game and savvy blend of administra ve, business and communica on skills, a Who s Who list of connec ons, and has provided progressive vision and dynamic leadership for college hockey. He will now bring those traits to Michigan State to advance the on-ice success and stature in college hockey of his alma mater, where he will guide the Spartans into their 70th varsity season when the puck drops on Oct. 7 in the Icebreaker Tournament. He will also be helping Michigan State into the Big Ten Hockey Conference, as was recommended by athle c directors in an announcement on March 21 and will begin play with the 2013-14 season. Anastos, who was honored as MSU s Dis nguished Spartan by the hockey program in 2004, both played and coached at his alma mater before stepping into an administra ve role. He was a four-year le erwinner at Michigan State (1981-85) for former coach Ron Mason, and received his bachelor s degree in construc on management in 1987. He was in the first class of Michigan State players to skate exclusively in the CCHA a er MSU le the WCHA as he helped the Spartans to three Great Lakes Invita onal tles, a regular-season CCHA Championship in 1985, and four consecu ve CCHA Tournament tles. His Spartan teams made four NCAA Tournament appearances, finishing fourth in the country in 1984 and losing a heartbreaking quarterfinal series to Providence in 1985. As a senior, University of Michigan-Dearborn 68-37-7 (3 seasons) he earned second-team all-conference honors and was named to the all-tournament teams at the CCHA Tournament and Great Lakes Invita onal. In his career, Anastos skated in 151 games, scored 70 goals and recorded 73 assists for 153 points, and amassed 102 penalty minutes. He s ll holds the MSU record for short-handed goals in a season (7, scored in 1983-84), and ranks in a e for fourth in the MSU annals with 10 career short-handed markers. Anastos, a 2000 inductee into his hometown Dearborn, (Mich)., Sports Hall of Fame, played junior hockey for the Paddock Pools Saints of the NAHL and was the first player ever dra ed from the league by an NHL team when the Montreal Canadiens selected him in 1981. The sixth-round pick of Montreal (124th overall) played one season in the Canadiens organiza on, then joined the coaching staff at the University of Michigan-Dearborn where he served as head coach of that program from 1987-90, compiling a 68-37-7 record. In the fall of 1990, Anastos returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach under Ron Mason for two years. Those two teams went a combined 43-28-13, and in 1991-92, advanced to the Frozen Four, losing to eventual Na onal Champion Lake Superior State, which was coached by current Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson. In his most recent role as CCHA commissioner, he has overseen the growth and changes in the membership over 13 years, and in April 2010, the CCHA played host to the record-breaking 2010 NCAA Men s Frozen Four at Ford Field in Detroit, the first Frozen Four to be held in a non-tradi onal hockey venue. A crowd of 34,954 watched the semifinal games and 37,592 a ended the tle game between Boston College and Wisconsin. The individual day a endance marks and the three-game total of 72,546 easily sha ered the Frozen Four records, and the tle-game a endance figure stands as the North American record for an indoor hockey game. In concert with his role of CCHA commissioner, Anastos has served as the president of the Hockey Commissioner s Associa on (HCA), a group comprised of the five commissioners from NCAA Division I Hockey. The HCA addresses common issues and concerns at a na onal level, and the group s efforts include on-going discussions with the NHL s corporate office in New York, sponsorship of the annual Warrior Ice Breaker Tournament and the College Hockey All-Access radio show on NHL Home Ice. In 2009, in his capacity as president of the HCA, he spearheaded a college hockey delega on which traveled to Florida to meet with the 30 general managers of NHL teams. The same year, he was key in the procuring of a grant from the Na onal Hockey League through USA Hockey. The funding was used by the Anastos-led HCA to create College Hockey Inc., an educa onal and promo onal en ty charged with raising the profile and help foster the growth of college hockey. Now in its second year, College Hockey Inc. is under the direc on of Execu ve Director Paul Kelly, former head of the Na onal Hockey League s Players Associa on. Anastos commitment to growing the sport has resulted in an annual statewide celebra on known as Hockey Day in Michigan The grass roots ini a ve, which includes the live broadcast of two CCHA games on FOX Sports Detroit, has been successfully imitated by USA Hockey to encourage fans, players, coaches and officials to unite in their passion for their sport and help introduce others to the game. The Anastos Family: Andie, Drew, Alyssa, Lisa, Tom, Jenna, and Lauren Television also was a focal point for the CCHA under Anastos. The CCHA was the first hockey conference to sign television agreements with CBS College Sports (formerly CSTV), Toronto, Canada-based Leafs TV, and the NHL Network. Prior to his appointment with the CCHA, Anastos served as president of the North American Hockey League, a Tier II junior league, for four seasons. During that me, the NAHL a racted strong ownership groups and developed into one of the top leagues for college-bound players in the United States. Anastos is very ac ve in amateur hockey, both as a coach in the Detroit-based Honeybaked hockey program and as an administrator. He is one of two NCAA representa- ves on USA Hockey s board of directors and has been a long- me member of its Interna onal Council and Junior Council which oversees the ac vi es of the organiza on s interna onal programs and US junior hockey. Anastos also serves on the board of directors for One Goal, a non-profit organiza on comprised of hockey s North American industry leaders seeking to improve awareness and understanding of hockey, so parents can make informed decisions about involving their families in the game. He also is a member of the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors. Anastos, 47, lives in Farmington Hills, Mich., with his wife, Lisa. They have five children: daughters Lauren, Jenna, Alyssa, and Andie, and son Drew. 14 S P A R T A N H O C K E Y 1 9 6 6, 1 9 8 6, 2 0 0 7 N C A A C H A M P I O N S 15
ASSISTANT COACH KELLY MILLER THE MILLER FILE... Educa on: B.A., Michgian State (1985) Michigan State (1982-85) Professional Coaching Experience: Player/Coach Grand Rapids Griffins, 1999-2000 Assistant Coach Anaheim Ducks 2000-01 Assistant Coach New York Islanders, 2001-03 Spartan All-American and 15-year professional Kelly Miller joins Tom Anastos staff for his first season in 2011. Miller, who is part of a family which has been synonymous with Spartan Hockey for decades, is in his first collegiate coaching posi on, but brings a background that will help Spartan players not only prepare to succeed in college hockey, but also into the future either in the professional ranks or in their chosen professions. Miller was a classmate of Tom Anastos all four seasons at Michigan State, earning four varsity le ers (1981-85). The Lansing, Mich., na ve became the fourth member of his family (out of an eventual 10) to play hockey at Michigan State when he enrolled in the fall of 1981, and he made an immediate impact for the Spartans. During his four-year Spartan career, MSU compiled a 121-43-3 mark and advanced to the NCAA tournament each season, including a fourth-place finish in 1984. The Spartans also captured four straight Great Lakes Invita onal tles and CCHA Playoff championships. He closed his career playing in 165 games, pos ng 82 goals and 82 assists for 164 points. He s ll ranks ed for 25th on MSU s all- me scoring list and ed for seventh with nine career short-handed tallies. As a senior in 1984-85, he tallied 27 goals and 50 points in 43 games, as the Spartans rolled to 38-6 overall mark and a 27-5 first-place CCHA slate. He was a Hobey Baker Award finalist and earned All-America First-Team honors, in addi on to being selected as the team MVP. A champion in the classroom, MIller was a three- me CCHA All-Academic team honoree, earning fi rst-team honors in 1984 and 1985. In addi on, he earned Academic All-America first-team dis nc on in 1985. He earned both his bachelor s and master s degrees from MSU. He was honored as the MSU hockey program s Dis nguished Spartan in 2003. A ninth-round dra choice of the New York Rangers in 1982, his Na onal Hockey League career spanned more than 1,000 games over 15 seasons, including three years with the New York Rangers and 12 with the Washington Capitals. He developed into one of the top defensive players in the league, registering 181 goals and 463 points. A Selke Trophy finalist (best defensive forward) in 1989, he helped the Capitals to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1998, and served as an assistant captain for the franchise for more than a decade. He was also the vice president of the NHL Players Associa on from 1990-95. Miller started his coaching career in 1999-2000 when he served as a player/coach for the Grand Rapids Griffins, leading the squad to the Turner Cup Finals and moved on to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks as an assistant coach in 2000-01. He went on to work on the New York Islanders staff under current Philadelphia coach Peter Laviole e from 2001-2003. Miller has extensive experience with USA Hockey and also with the game at the earliest levels of development. As a player, he skated for Team USA at the World Junior Championships in 1981, 1982 and 1983. He was captain and team MVP of the 1983 USA squad. He represented the US in three World Championships (1986, 1989, 1999), helped the US to a gold medal at the Four Na ons Cup in 2000, and par cipated in the 1987 Canada Cup. He also served as an athlete director and Junior Council Member for USA Hockey from 1995-2001, and as an assistant coach on the U16 Four Na ons Cup in Slovakia in August 2000 and at the Select 16 Hockey Fes val the same summer. Miller holds a bachelor s degree in business administra on as well as his M.B.A. from Michigan State and a graduate degree in banking from the pres gious Stonier School of Banking at the University of Pennsylvania. Accomplished in the fields of both commercial real estate and banking, he has served as the vice president of Bank Performance and director of specialty finance for Capitol Bancorp Limited since 2005. He and his wife Shelby have three daughters: Taylor and Chelsey are a senior and a sophomore, respec vely, on the Michigan State women s soccer team; and their youngest, Ashton, a ends Okemos High School. ASSISTANT COACH TOM NEWTON THE NEWTON FILE... Educa on: B.A., Bowling Green (1980) M.A., Bowling Green (1981) Bowling Green (1976-80) Graduate Assistant Coach Bowling Green, 1980-81 Head Coach Kent State, 1981-82 Assistant Coach Western Michigan, 1982-86 Associate Coach Western Michigan, 1986-90 Assistant Coach Michigan State, 1990-present Coaching Awards: Terry Flanagan Memorial Award, 2004 Tom Newton enters his 22nd year with the Michigan State hockey program. The longest-tenured coach in the Central Collegiate Hockey Associa on (CCHA), Newton has been a part of more than 400 victories in his me on the Spartan staff, and more than 600 in his 30-year collegiate coaching career. Newton was originally appointed to his posi on on June 12, 1990. He is directly involved with recrui ng and all day-to-day opera ons of the Spartan hockey program and hockey school. Newton is the longest-tenured assistant at one school in all of college hockey. In his me at MSU, he has been a part of three CCHA regular-season championships, four CCHA Tournament championships, 14 teams which advanced to the NCAA Tournament, four Frozen Fours, and the 2007 NCAA tle team. He has helped bring 12 All-America selec ons and eight Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalists, including 2001 winner Ryan Miller, to the East Lansing campus. Newton arrived at Michigan State a er serving as an associate head coach at Western Michigan from 1986-90. Prior to being elevated to the associate posi on at WMU, Newton served as an assistant for the Broncos from 1982-86. While at WMU, he was responsible for bringing Hobey Baker runners-up Dan Dorion (1986) and Wayne Gagne (1987) to the Bronco program, and three All-Americans overall. The Uxbridge, Ontario, na ve earned his first college head coaching job at Kent State in 1981 and promptly led the Golden Flashes to a respectable 12-17-1 record as a Division I independent during the 1981-82 season. He began his coaching career as Bowling Green s graduate assistant coach in 1980-81 and also handled BGSU s club coaching du es. A four-year le erwinner and two-year captain for the Falcons, Newton registered 140 points during his career (1975-80). He skated for three CCHA regular-season and two playoff championship teams for then-bgsu coach Ron Mason. Newton led the Brown and Orange to NCAA Tournament appearances in 1978 (third) and 1979 (fi h). He holds the BGSU records for scoring back-to-back goals in the shortest me span (nine seconds) as well as scoring three goals in the shortest me span (4:39). Newton was an assistant coach for Team USA in the North American College Hockey Championship in 1999. In 1995, he served as an assistant coach for Team West at the Shrine East-West College All-Star Hockey Classic in Minneapolis. The coach runs a highly-successful Pro Camp at Munn Ice Arena every August. The weeklong program not only prepares former Spartans for upcoming training camps in all levels of professional hockey, but also brings some of the program s most recognizable names back to their collegiate venue to renew their bonds with their former teammates and Michigan State roots. Newton holds a bachelor s of science degree in physical educa on and health from Bowling Green State University (1980) and earned his master of educa on degree from BGSU one year later. He served on the Board of Governors of the American Hockey Coaches Associa on as college hockey s Assistant Coaches Representa ve from 1998-2001. In April 2004, he received the Terry Flanagan Memorial Award, which honors an assistant coach s career body of work. Newton and his wife Eve have two children: Ted, a 2009 Michigan State graduate, and Emma, a current MSU junior. 16 S P A R T A N H O C K E Y 1 9 6 6, 1 9 8 6, 2 0 0 7 N C A A C H A M P I O N S 17
GOATENING COACH MIKE GILMORE THE GILMORE FILE... Educa on: B.S., Michgian State (1992) MBA, Michigan State (1996) Michigan State (1987-92) Volunteer Assistant Coach Michigan State, 1994-96 MICHIGAN STATE HOCKEY ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Former Spartan netminder Mike Gilmore joins Tom Anastos first staff at Michigan State as a volunteer assistant coach. Gilmore, who previously served at his alma mater in the same role, will work primarily with the team s goaltenders. Gilmore epitomized the term student-athlete in his playing career, as he earned Academic All-Big Ten honors three mes and CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-America honors as a senior, as well as the Bill Burgess Outstanding Senior Award, the Blue Line President s Award as the team s top scholar-athlete, as well as the Amo Bessone Award for combining athle c and academic achievement with community involvement. He also won the 1992 Chester Brewer Award, awarded to MSU Senior achieving academic and athle c excellence. On the ice, he played in 64 career games and ranks eighth all- me at MSU with a 2.91 career goals-against average and 10th in career shutouts (4). Gilmore was a part of two CCHA regular-season and tournament championships (1988-89, 1989-90), and three NCAA Tournament teams, which included Frozen Four trips in both 1989 and 1992. He joined the Spartan team as a walk-on, but quickly earned a scholarship and served as an alternate captain as a senior. Gilmore was a member of the US Na onal team in the summer of 1991, earning a gold medal at the US Olympic Sports Fes val. A selection of the New York Rangers in the 1990 Supplemental Dra, Gilmore played two seasons of professional hockey with the Erie Panthers (ECHL) and Binghamton Rangers (AHL) a er leaving MSU. He served as a volunteer assistant coach at his alma mater from 1994-96, helping lead MSU to a pair of NCAA Tournament bids and a 53-25-4 overall mark. During that me, he earned his M.B.A. from MSU s Eli Broad College of Business. Gilmore is currently the director of investment management and a registered investment advisor at Greene Wealth Management in East Lansing. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Greater Lansing Amateur Hockey Associa on (GLAHA), and coaches his two youngest children in the sport of hockey. Gilmore s wife Jennifer is a former team physician for the MSU hockey program and is an assistant professor in the Department of Osteopathic Manipula ve Medicine at MSU in addi on to con nuing in her role as a team physician in the Athle c Department. The couple resides in DeWi with their children Abigail (12), a figure skater, and hockey players Ryan (10) and Isabelle (8). / - 18 S P A R T A N H O C K E Y 1 9 6 6, 1 9 8 6, 2 0 0 7 N C A A C H A M P I O N S 19
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