Corkum Named Head Coach of 2013 U.S. Under-18 Select Team

Press Release

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - USA Hockey announced today that Bob Corkum (Salisbury, Mass.), interim head men's ice hockey coach at the University of Maine, has been named head coach for the U.S. Under-18 Select Team that will compete in the 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament.

Corkum served as an assistant coach for the 2012 U.S. Under-18 Select Team and was the head coach for the 2011 U.S. Under-17 Select Team that won the Five Nations Tournament with a perfect 4-0-0-0 record in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Corkum, who played college hockey at Maine (1985-89), returned to his alma mater in August of 2008 as its associate head men's ice hockey coach.

Prior to that, he was associate head coach of the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs of the Eastern Junior Hockey League from 2006-08. He helped the Junior Monarchs capture the Tier III Junior A national championship in both 2007 and 2008. The Monarchs were also co-EJHL regular-season champions in 2008, and finished as EJHL regular-season and playoff champions in 2007.

Corkum was drafted by the National Hockey League’s Buffalo Sabres in 1986 and went on to play 720 games in the NHL for seven teams across 12 seasons. He finished his professional career with 97 goals and 103 assists for 200 points and appeared in the Stanley Cup Finals with the New Jersey Devils in 2001.

 (Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)