The Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League will bemoved into the New England Division of the league's EasternConference for the upcoming season.
Stronger rivalries should be created within the division, whichwill include Hartford and Providence, the Calder Cup champions of thepast two seasons, Portland, Maine, Springfield and Worcester.
In their first two seasons in the AHL, the Lock Monsters competedin the Atlantic Division with Quebec, Saint John, New Brunswick, andSt. John's, Newfoundland. In the new alignment, the Atlantic will nowbe the Canadian Division and Hamilton will replace Lowell. TheWestern Conference will feature the Mid-Atlantic (Albany, Hershey,Philadelphia, Rochester, Syracuse, and Wilkes Barre/Scranton) andSouthern (Cincinnati, Kentucky, Louisville, and Norfolk) divisions.
'This is a great day for our franchise and for our fans,' saidLowell executive vice president and general manager Tom Rowe. 'Ourattendance has made significant increases and with more home datesagainst other New England teams, we feel that our fans will betreated to new intense rivalries on a season-long basis.'
Molloy wins award from ECAC peers Jack Molloy of Bedford,assistant athletic director for sports information and promotions atBrandeis University, has been awarded the Irving Marsh Award by hiscolleagues in the Eastern College Athletic Conference's SportsInformation Directors Association.
The award is presented to a conference sports information directordeemed to have contributed the most to the profession during hiscareer. It was presented for the first time in 1966 and renamed in1977 to honor Irving T. Marsh, the ECAC Service Bureau founder anddirector who retired in 1973.
Molloy joined the Brandeis staff in 1985 and has organizednumerous championship events at the ECAC and NCAA levels. He alsoinitiated and has directed the Brandeis Hall of Fame dinner. Heserved on the ECAC-SIDA board in 1993 and for 14 years has beendirector of public relations for the New England IntercollegiateBaseball Association.
Molloy worked in media relations at the 1999 NCAA Division 1 men'sbasketball tournament at the FleetCenter and last year worked atMajor League Baseball's All-Star game at Fenway Park. He is a 1982graduate of St. Anselm College and began his sports informationcareer as an intern at Dartmouth the same year.
PGA event to help youngsters' teeth More than 100underprivileged Boston-area children will receive free dentaltreatment valued at more than $40,000 in conjunction with the SeniorPGA Tour's FleetBoston Classic, which will be held Aug. 21-27 atNashawtuc Country Club in Concord.
Christina's Smile/Children's Dental Clinic, a traveling 48-foottrailer housing three fully equipped dental clinics, will visit theFaneuil Hall Marketplace in downtown Boston on Aug. 21-23 from 8 a.mto 5 p.m. It will be administered by area volunteer dentists andtheir assistants. Services will range from routine cleanings andfluoride treatments to sealants, restorations, crowns, andextractions. Community organizations will choose the children to betreated.
The program was established in 1989 by Dr. Richard R. Garza, ofAustin, Texas, in memory of his daughter, Christina, who died shortlyafter birth. He developed a relationship with the Senior PGA Tour andits charitable causes and this year expects to conduct 23 dentalclinics at various Senior Tour stops across the country.
The dental project is supported by the FleetBoston Classic, whichhas donated more than $2.1 million to nonprofit causes over the past19 years. Among the Senior Tour players serving on the advisoryboard of the dental project are Jim Albus, Jim Colbert, Jim Dent,Dale Douglass, Al Geiberger, Bob Murphy, Larry Nelson, Chi ChiRodriguez and Dave Stockton.
Here and there Elaine Carr Schwager of Medford has been namedassociate director of athletics and softball coach at SuffolkUniversity. Athletic director at Mount St. Joseph Academy inBrighton, Schwager has coached the Croatian National Team for thepast two summers. She also served as an assistant coach at BostonUniversity and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
Dave Foley of Medford was honored as most valuable player on thehockey team and Shannon Feehan of Littleton was named MVP of thesoftball team at Nichols College in Dudley. Other area athleteshonored at the school were Kelly Nangle of Lowell, most improved onthe women's basketball team; Jennifer Solomon of Methuen, rookie ofthe year in softball; and Dave Carr of Acton, most improved inlacrosse.
A squad from Tufts University placed among the top club teams inthe country at the recent Intercollegiate Horse Show AssociationNational Championships, held in Conyers, Ga. Sophomore Hally Phillipsof Charlotte, Vt., won the Cacchione Cup, the most prestigiousindividual award in the competition.
The baseball field at Andover High has been renamed Peter AumaisPark in memory of a former team captain who, along with hisgirlfriend, Ann Wobesky, died in an automobile accident in October1976. A horseshoe-shaped granite and brick monument near the third-base dugout reads: 'In memory of our 1976 baseball captain, PeterAumais. His love for baseball, his teammates, family and friends willkeep him forever young.'
Bay State Hockey, an adult winter no-check league, is acceptingapplications for the upcoming season. Bay State Hockey is open toplayers 18 and older. All games are played at the Chelmsford Forum.Teams play a 28-game regular season schedule followed by a three-round playoff. Call Bay State Hockey at 781-871-7960 for details.
