{"id":74616,"date":"2017-01-12T13:52:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T19:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=74616"},"modified":"2017-01-12T13:52:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T19:52:16","slug":"rick-comley-jackie-barto-head-up-2017-ahca-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2017\/01\/12\/rick-comley-jackie-barto-head-up-2017-ahca-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Comley, Barto head up 2017 AHCA award winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"ps_captionIns\" aria-describedby=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uscho.photoshelter.com\/img-show\/I0000ke8FIevvEUo\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo By: Melissa Wade\" alt=\"The University of Wisconsin Badgers and Michigan State University Spartans played to a 4-4 tie in their College Hockey Showcase matchup on Saturday, November 24, 2007, at Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing, Michigan. (Melissa Wade)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.photoshelter.com\/img-get\/I0000ke8FIevvEUo\/s\/500\/303\/comley-front2.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rick Comley coached 38 years in the D-I ranks and won national championships at Northern Michigan (1991) and Michigan State (2007) (photo: Melissa Wade).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The American Hockey Coaches Association has announced its major awards for 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Eight individuals who have made unique contributions to amateur hockey in the United States will be recognized during the 2017 AHCA Convention in Naples, Fla., with the men&#8217;s hockey honorees being recognized on Wednesday, April 26, and the women&#8217;s hockey award recipients honored on Friday, April 28.<\/p>\n<p>Heading the list of award winners is former Michigan State, Northern Michigan and Lake Superior head coach Rick Comley, winner of 783 games and two national championships during a 38-year career, who will receive the John MacInnes Award.<\/p>\n<p>Also being recognized among former NCAA head coaches is Jackie Barto, a former head coach at Providence and Ohio State, who will receive the Women&#8217;s Hockey Founders Award.<\/p>\n<p>Other honorees include Jack Barzee (John &#8220;Snooks&#8221; Kelley Founders Award), Wally Johnson (Jim Fullerton Award), Mike Guentzel (Terry Flanagan Award), Pete Sears (John Mariucci Award), George Griggs (Joe Burke Award) and Joel Johnson (Women&#8217;s Ice Hockey Assistant Coach Award).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Hockey Coaches Association has announced its major awards for 2017. 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