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Published April 17, 2012, 06:56 AM

Mankato hires new hockey coach

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota State University, Mankato has named former USHL coach Mike Hastings as the new head coach of its men’s hockey team. Hastings replaces Troy Jutting, who was fired in April after 12 seasons on the job.

By: Associated Press, The Jamestown Sun

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota State University, Mankato has named former USHL coach Mike Hastings as the new head coach of its men’s hockey team.

Hastings replaces Troy Jutting, who was fired in April after 12 seasons on the job.

Hastings becomes the third head coach in the program’s history. He spent the last three seasons as associate head coach at Nebraska-Omaha.

Hastings also spent 14 years with Omaha’s USHL team. He takes over a program that has finished 11th in the WCHA in each of the last two seasons.

Hastings signed a four-year contract worth $225,000 a year.

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