{"id":59148,"date":"2014-07-29T15:17:14","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T20:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=59148"},"modified":"2014-07-29T15:17:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T20:17:14","slug":"former-northern-michigan-player-hockey-ops-manager-lehtinen-named-new-wildcats-assistant-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2014\/07\/29\/former-northern-michigan-player-hockey-ops-manager-lehtinen-named-new-wildcats-assistant-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Northern Michigan player, hockey ops manager Lehtinen named new Wildcats’ assistant coach"},"content":{"rendered":"
Northern Michigan has named Rob Lehtinen an assistant coach, filling the vacancy created by the departure of Joe Shawhan to Michigan Tech.<\/p>\n
“Rob is a going to be a tremendous asset to our program,” NMU head coach Walt Kyle said in a statement. “He is a guy that played here, has worked here as our hockey ops guy for several years, and is totally committed to our program. He is a guy that I have long targeted as a future assistant and we are proud to add him to our coaching staff.”<\/p>\n
Lehtinen was the hockey operations manager the past four seasons and was a four-year letterwinner at NMU from 2003 to 2007, playing in 156 games with 17 goals and 38 assists for 55 points.<\/p>\n
“I am excited for this chance, this has been a goal of mine for a very long time and I feel like I am ready to make the next step in my career,” added Lehtinen. “I will be committed to using my past hockey experience to my advantage in helping develop student-athletes. My family and I feel truly blessed to begin my coaching career in my hometown among family and friends.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Northern Michigan has named Rob Lehtinen an assistant coach, filling the vacancy created by the departure of Joe Shawhan to Michigan Tech. “Rob is a going to be a tremendous asset to our program,” NMU head coach Walt Kyle said in a statement. “He is a guy that played here, has worked here as our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n