{"id":27258,"date":"2005-03-16T17:02:30","date_gmt":"2005-03-16T23:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2005\/03\/16\/ecachl-permanently-tags-hagwell\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:56:12","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:56:12","slug":"ecachl-permanently-tags-hagwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2005\/03\/16\/ecachl-permanently-tags-hagwell\/","title":{"rendered":"ECACHL Permanently Tags Hagwell"},"content":{"rendered":"
The ECAC Hockey League has named Steve Hagwell its commissioner with a three-year deal, and removed the “acting” tag from his title.<\/p>\n
Hagwell was named the Acting Commissioner last April after the members of the league decided to break away from the larger structure of the ECAC. At that time, it was said that a national search would be conducted in early 2005 to find a permanent commissioner.<\/p>\n
After a discussion amongst a committee put together to evaluate and select a new commissioner, the decision was a quick one.<\/p>\n
“We knew that we already had a person which could handle the job,” said Ken Ralph, athletic director at Rensselaer and chair of the committee. “Steve has proven himself to us this year in the interim and he is more than just a competent leader, he anticipates moves ahead of time and he is very proactive with any issues that may come up. He has shown a vision for this league, which is something that hasn’t been shown in the past.<\/p>\n
“We did not need to do a search, we had the right man in our midst.”<\/p>\n
Hagwell said he was excited, humbled and honored to be named commissioner “of the greatest hockey conference.”<\/p>\n