Nichols College head coach Parker Burgess is leaving the Bisons to become the head coach of the Janesville Jets in the North American Hockey League (NAHL). Burgess, 35, spent five seasons as head coach at Nichols. The Calgary, Alberta, native went 73-51-13 during that span, including a Commonwealth Coast Conference championship and trip to the...
Nichols College head coach Parker Burgess is leaving the Bisons to become the head coach of the Janesville Jets in the North American Hockey League (NAHL).
Burgess, 35, spent five seasons as head coach at Nichols. The Calgary, Alberta, native went 73-51-13 during that span, including a Commonwealth Coast Conference championship and trip to the NCAA tournament in 2017-18.
Burgess came to Nichols after spending four seasons at his alma mater, St. Thomas University. Burgess served as a captain at St. Thomas in 2009-10. Prior to his collegiate playing days, Burgess played junior hockey in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL).
After spending four seasons as an assistant coach at Curry College, Mike MacDonald is leaving the Colonels to become head coach at University of Wisconsin-Stout.
MacDonald, 36, played college hockey at SUNY-Geneseo before a brief minor pro career in the CHL and SPHL. From New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, this will be MacDonald’s first opportunity to be a head coach.
During MacDonald’s four years as an assistant at Curry, the program had sustained success. The Colonels went 64-31-9. Curry head coach T.J. Manastersky has helped the Colonels become consistently successful. In addition, he has helped groom several of his assistants who have moved on to bigger opportunities in the hockey world, including Charlotte Checkers head coach Ryan Warsofsky, American International assistant coach Stephen Wiedler, and Omaha Lancers associate head coach Davie Nies.
