Two New Head Coaches in Girls High School Hockey

Next season, there will be a couple of new head coaches in Minnesota girls high school hockey.

The first is Shjon Podein, who will be the new head coach at Benilde-St. Margaret's, replace Dave Herbst, who stepped down following last season.

Podein, who played 11 years in the NHL is no stranger to the St. Louis Park athletic scene.  From 2011 to 2013, he was the head boys hockey coach for the St. Louis Park Orioles but he resigned after two years to spend more time with his family.

The other new coach is Randy Koeppl, who will take over the Holy Family/Waconia Wildfire.

Koeppl, a graduate of Bloomington Jefferson was a goalie on the Jaguars 1992 and 1993 state championship teams, alternating with Jeff Heil.  He also was a youth coach in the Eden Prairie association and recently served as an assistant at Hopkins High School under another former Jaguar, Cory Peterson.

There were many other coaching changes according to Let's Play Hockey but these were some of the new program leaders.