Alaska-Anchorage assistant coach takes USHL job
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Associated Press - July 28, 2010 6:54 PM ET
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - An assistant hockey coach at the University of Alaska Anchorage is leaving to take a head coaching job in the United States Hockey League.
Regg Simon will leave the Seawolf staff to become head coach and general manager with the Des Moines Buccaneers.
Simon is a former team captain for the Seawolves. Originally from Elk River, Minn., he worked as an assistant coach at Alaska-Anchorage for two years.
Simon has experience with the Buccaneers. Simon coached the Buccaneers for parts of 5 seasons from 2003 to 2008, with the last two and a half as head coach and general manager.
The USHL is an amateur junior ice hockey league with 14 teams in the Midwest made up of players 20 years old and younger. USHL players remain eligible to play college hockey.
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