We really want to keep the search under wraps and as quiet but professional as possible.” “They’re going to demand confidentiality because they’re not going to want it to affect recruiting where they might be currently, and if someone hears a rumor that they’re looking at the CC job, it could impact them and put them in bad standing with their current school, and we don’t want that. “Because of the quality of candidates we’re talking to, we really need to keep the search as confidential as possible,” Ralph said. Ralph, however, wasn’t willing to name names in terms of CC’s ongoing search for a successor to Owens. Current Tigers assistant coaches Joe Bonnett and Eric Rud as well as outsiders such as Minnesota assistant Mike Guentzel and Tampa Bay Lightning assistant - and former Denver coach - George Gwozdecky have all had their names bandied about. Many have speculated about who might take over for Owens behind the CC bench. ![]() It’s a long process in terms of fundamentals and things like that, so the record is only a minor part of the evaluation.” “We knew there were going to be years where, even with a good team, the record wouldn’t be where we want it to be, but when you do these evaluations, the record is only a minor part of it. I think you’re going to see that a lot in the league, with a lot of one-goal games and a battle every night. “You look at Miami in eighth place in the league, and that was a tremendous hockey team loaded with talent, and then they battled their way back to play in the championship game in the end. “When this league was formed, we thought the biggest weakness of the league was that we were going to have a spectacularly good hockey team finish last,” Ralph said. Ralph was quick to suggest that CC’s record wasn’t the biggest reason behind Owens moving on. Owens didn’t respond to messages seeking comment. “Scott after a while sat back and reflected about it and took some time to think about the direction and the way the evaluation was going and said, ‘You know what, it’s probably best for everybody that I step aside.’ I really respect his professionalism, and while it’s tough to accept his resignation, we’re excited now about moving forward.” “And Scott and I sat down and talked about a lot of things going on with the program and the directions some things were taking. “Whether your program wins a national championship or if your program has a difficult year, we sit down and have an evaluation every year,” Ralph said. In a phone interview Monday afternoon, Ralph implied that Owens’ resignation was the coach’s idea. 700 since 2004-05, a season in which Owens’ team appeared in the Frozen Four. It was the second year in a row the Tigers had finished with a sub-.500 record, and CC hadn’t finished a season with a winning percentage north of. In the inaugural campaign of the NCHC, Colorado College finished seventh in the eight-team league and posted a 7-24-6 overall record. ![]() Things didn’t go well this season for the Tigers, however.
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