Mauldin becomes first African-American coach in USNTDP history
Greg Mauldin has become the first African-American coach in the USA Hockey National Team Development Program history. He was recently hired to the staff as an assistant coach.
"I never really sought out to be that person, but it's an honor," Mauldin said. "For everyone or anybody, you need somebody to look up to or someone to follow. I guess I can be that person for somebody out there. It's pretty cool to have that honor, and hope I can make the most of it."
Mauldin is from Holliston, Massachusetts and grew up playing lots of hockey. He ended up playing college hockey for the University of Massachusetts, where he tallied 94 points (48 goals, 46 assists) in 98 games. He was then selected with the 199th pick in the 2002 NHL Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Although Mauldin only scored 10 points (5 goals, 5 assists) in his 36-game NHL career, he made quite the impact at the AHL level. He tallied 118 goals and 149 assists for 267 points in 463 AHL games. Mauldin also played for teams across Switzerland, Germany, Croatia, and Norway.
Dan Muse, head coach of the USNTDP Under-18 team, thinks that Mauldin's experience across the world made him an attractive candidate for the job, and that will accumulate more success at the coaching level.
"I feel like it was a home run there, Greg being able to come in as an assistant coach," Muse said. "The obvious thing is his experience with the game; he's had such a long playing career. When you got beyond that experience, you had the feeling with Greg, based on his personality, what he values combined with the kind of person that he is and the character that he has, that it would translate to him being a great mentor for the players in this program, a great teacher and a great coach."
Source: nhl.com
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