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Brock Sheahan returns to Notre Dame as associate head coach

A familiar face is back in South Bend.

They often say you can’t go home again, but [autotag]Brock Sheahan[/autotag] mostly hasn’t ventured far from Notre Dame since his playing days ended. After he hung up his skates in 2013, the former Irish defenseman served as a volunteer assistant coach with the program for one season. Now, he’s returning to South Bend to serve as [autotag]Jeff Jackson[/autotag]’s associate head coach.

After his initial coaching stint with the Irish, Sheahan headed to Worcester for four seasons on the Holy Cross bench. He then was an assistant with the USHL’s Chicago Steel for one year before being promoted to head coach, a capacity he served in for the next three seasons. That included capturing the 2021 Clark Cup. This past season, he coached the AHL’s Chicago Wolves.

With Jackson not getting any younger, is it possible he’s bringing Sheahan to eventually take over for him? Only time will tell, but the stars seem to be aligning for that possibility.

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Incoming Notre Dame freshman named junior player of the year

Here’s a player to keep an eye on this fall.

The challenge for a lot of junior hockey players is how their game will translate to the college level. We have no idea what [autotag]Cole Knuble[/autotag], son of former NHL veteran Mike Knuble, will do at Notre Dame his freshman year. But if the honors he’s accumulated so far are any indication, he will be quite the player for the Irish.

Knuble has been named the Dave Tyler Junior Player of the Year, which goes to the best U.S.-born junior hockey player. This is on top of him winning the USHL’s Curt Hammer Award, which is awarded to a player with great contributions both on and off the ice. He definitely did that as the leading scorer (66 points) of the Fargo Force. It’s no coincidence that the Force had the league’s best regular-season record and made it to the Clark Cup Finals.

This is the beginning of what should be a nice long career for Knuble. Here’s hoping that includes a big impact in South Bend.

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Notre Dame alumnus Brock Sheahan named Chicago Wolves coach

Great news for the former defenseman.

Former Notre Dame defenseman and assistant coach Brock Sheahan has just made a big next step in his hockey life. He has been named the coach of the AHL’s Chicago Wolves, who are fresh off winning the Calder Cup. This comes after three years as coach of the USHL’s Chicago Steel, which included one Clark Cup. Before making the professional coaching jump, he spent four years as an assistant at Holy Cross, which came after one season as an Irish assistant.

Sheahan played four seasons with the Irish from 2004 to 2008. In 161 games, he scored 33 points and registered 220 penalty minutes. He was a member of the Irish’s 2007 CCHA regular-season and tournament championship team and the 2008 squad that came within one game of winning a national title. After leaving the Irish, he played five years of professional hockey, mostly in the ECHL.

Best of luck to Sheahan as he takes over a defending champion.

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