{"id":123744,"date":"2020-11-20T21:54:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T03:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=123744"},"modified":"2020-11-20T22:04:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T04:04:15","slug":"rivier-tabs-williams-assistant-sorenson-as-first-coach-for-new-d-iii-mens-hockey-team-which-starts-in-21-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2020\/11\/20\/rivier-tabs-williams-assistant-sorenson-as-first-coach-for-new-d-iii-mens-hockey-team-which-starts-in-21-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivier tabs Williams assistant Sorenson as first coach for new D-III men&#8217;s hockey team, which starts in &#8217;21-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_123752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123752\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sorenson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-123752 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sorenson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sorenson.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sorenson-107x150.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-123752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SORENSON<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rivier has named Eric Sorenson as the first head coach for its new NCAA Division III men\u2019s hockey program, set to launch with the 2021-22 season.<\/p>\n<p>Currently an assistant coach at Williams, Sorenson joins the Raiders with a wealth of experience in player recruitment, development, and coaching.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to welcome Eric to Raiders athletics and to work with him to achieve our vision for the men\u2019s ice hockey program,\u201d said Rivier director of athletics Joanne Merrill in a statement. \u201cI believe his coaching experience and leadership will motivate student-athletes to achieve their full potential as scholars and athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sorenson has been at Williams (2018-20) and Nazareth (2014-18) over the past six seasons. His teams advanced to conference playoffs in five of the six seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his tenure in college hockey, he held head coach and assistant coach\/goaltending coach positions with the Rochester Jr. Americans. For nine years, he coached and managed off-ice operations for Mitch Korn Goaltending Camps. Sorenson was the starting goaltender when he played for Western New England\u2019s hockey team and is the program record holder for career wins by a goalie, as well as career saves and career shutouts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grateful for the opportunity to help build this program,\u201d Sorenson said. \u201cAs the program leader, I will support a character-based culture with a focus on skill development, team, academics, and community involvement aimed at providing each student-athlete with the foundation to be successful in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sorenson is a resident of Framingham, Mass. He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in Business Administration\/Sport Management from Western New England and a master\u2019s degree in Sport Administration from Canisius.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEric is the whole package &#8212; player, coach, mentor, scholar, and operations manager,&#8221; said Rivier VP for student affairs Kurt Stimeling. &#8220;His knowledge and experience support a strong start for our men\u2019s ice hockey program, which will add new dimensions to student life at Rivier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Conway Arena in Nashua, N.H., will serve as the Raiders\u2019 home ice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rivier has named Eric Sorenson as the first head coach for its new NCAA Division III men\u2019s hockey program, set to launch with the 2021-22 season. Currently an assistant coach at Williams, Sorenson joins the Raiders with a wealth of experience in player recruitment, development, and coaching. \u201cWe are pleased to welcome Eric to Raiders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":123752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[820],"coauthors":[901],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rivier tabs Williams assistant Sorenson as first coach for new D-III men&#039;s hockey team, which starts in &#039;21-22 - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rivier has named Eric Sorenson as the first head coach for its new NCAA Division III men\u2019s hockey program, set to launch with the 2021-22 season.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123744\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rivier tabs Williams assistant Sorenson as first coach for new D-III men&#039;s hockey team, which starts in &#039;21-22 - 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