Ironwood Lumber Jacks Have New Member of Coaching Staff

The former Northland College assistant hockey coach, Paige Moilanen of Ashland, has joined the Ironwood Lumberjacks as an assistant coach overseeing goalies. The Lumberjacks are a Tier II Junior A team in the Superior International Junior Hockey League or SIJHL, part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. Moilanen played goalie for four years at UW-Eau Claire after a season at NCAA D1 University of Minnesota-Duluth, earning first-team all-WIAC honors for three seasons and holding the Blugolds’ all-time saves record. The Lumberjacks open their season at home against the Thunder Bay Northstars on the 19th & 20th at 7 p.m. at the Pat O’Donnell Civic Center in Ironwood, Mich.