#8 - John Messuri, Head Coach at Arlington (MA) HS, Part 1

Where Bob is joined by Arlington (MA) HS Head Coach John Messuri to break down the anticlimactic thud that was the end of the 2020 high school hockey season.

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In the first of a two-part conversation, Bob welcomes Arlington HS Head Coach John Messuri to talk about this year's MIAA Super 8 Tournament. What was he thinking when he found out the final game was cancelled? How did he tell the kids? What could the MIAA have done differently? What made this Arlington team so special? How does his public school team hold its own in an area dominated by the Catholic schools? Why does Massachusetts increasingly lag behind Minnesota in producing college hockey players? And other stuff.

John Messuri is the head ice hockey coach at Arlington High School, where his squad is a 2-time and current Massachusetts D1A Super 8 champion. Prior to coaching at Arlington, he was a 2-time D1 state championship coach at Winchester HS. As a player, John was a standout at Princeton University, capturing the 1986 ECAC Rookie of the Year and 1988 Ivy League Player of the Year, He is still still the leading scorer in Princeton Tiger history with 178 points (60G, 118A).