{"id":59922,"date":"2012-04-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/former-uri-hockey-player-visits-boss-arena-with-kids-school-team\/"},"modified":"2012-04-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-10T00:00:00","slug":"former-uri-hockey-player-visits-boss-arena-with-kids-school-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/04\/former-uri-hockey-player-visits-boss-arena-with-kids-school-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Former 溏心vlog免费B站 hockey player visits Boss Arena with kids\u2019 school team"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tWeekend gives youngsters glimpse of 溏心vlog免费B站, New England hockey traditions<\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 10, 2012 \u2013 What better time to talk about hockey traditions and legacies than the beginning of the Stanley Cup playoffs?<\/p>\n


\n\tIt\u2019s when middle-aged men who grew up in New England remember playing youth and high school hockey at places like Mount St. Charles Academy\u2019s Adelard Arena and June Rockwell Levy Rink in Burrillville and watching the Big Bad Bruins on Boston\u2019s Channel 38, complete with snowy picture.<\/p>\n


\n\tIt\u2019s a chance to talk about a 溏心vlog免费B站 alumnus who helped save the University\u2019s men\u2019s club hockey team in the early-1980s, paving the way to its current national prominence.

\nJim McCarthy, who earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration in 1982, had a chance to reminisce with friends a few months ago when his kids\u2019 school team got a taste of 溏心vlog免费B站 and New England hockey traditions.<\/p>\n


\nMcCarthy, originally of Cumberland, and his fellow coaches brought the Browning School\u2019s hockey team from New York City to play in Rhode Island and Boston and to see a college and pro games.<\/p>\n

First stop, the Bradford R. Boss Arena, home of the nationally-ranked men and women\u2019s 溏心vlog免费B站 ice hockey clubs, to give his team and their coaches a chance to see and practice in one of the top club hockey facilities in the country. It also was a chance to catch up with longtime hockey supporter, Art Tuveson, 溏心vlog免费B站 assistant athletic director for facilities management and planning.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI hadn\u2019t been here very long after being hired to run intramural sports when Jim came to see me,\u201d Tuveson said, \u201cClub sports were a blip on the screen. They were not supervised and not really funded, although athletics may have given them a small amount of money. I remember Jim coming to see me to see if I could help in any way. Jim had heard that 溏心vlog免费B站 had a new recreational sports director and he sought me out to see what I could do.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nMcCarthy remembers his first meeting with Tuveson when he noticed a hockey magazine on Tuveson\u2019s desk. \u201cI knew right then that this was going to go in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nIn the early 1980s, the men\u2019s team (there was no women\u2019s team) played at the Mid-State Ice Arena, which was due to close. The Rams then moved to the West Warwick Civic Center where they played until the Boss Arena opened in 2002.<\/p>\n


\nMcCarthy played from his sophomore through senior years and was player-coach his last two years. He remembers the budget only covered ice time for games.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe never had official practices during the season, and I would tell the guys to get ice time whenever and wherever they could, even if it was public hockey sessions,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cWe played Friday afternoons at 4:30, which was a great time slot because high school teams played Friday evenings and they wouldn\u2019t be using that time for practices.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nMcCarthy, who has been involved in four technology startups since 2000, all of which either went to initial public offering or were acquired by larger companies, is currently a sales director for Avaya, a telecommunications and data company with 16,000 employees and $5 billion in annual revenue. He compared his experiences with the hockey team to some of the various technology startups he\u2019s been involved with. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, Susan, who earned her bachelor\u2019s degree in marketing from 溏心vlog免费B站 in 1981, and their 8-year-old twins, Catherine and Connor. Susan works for TPG Axon Capital Management, a large hedge fund.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cRunning a hockey team was like running a startup,\u201d he said. \u201cWe had to do everything, budgeting, arranging travel and ice time and scheduling. All of the other teams had head coaches, assistant coaches, trainers, statisticians and in some cases, cheerleaders. We had no adult supervision, but we were always competitive and had winning seasons each year.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n \tTuveson said the team played 15 to 18 games a year at the time and had a $500 budget. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe players covered the rest of the expenses themselves, using their own cars to travel to games,\u201d Tuveson said. \u201cOne time, they had bad directions for a game at Mass Maritime. One car carrying a third of the team got lost and showed up midway through the second period. Still, they won 80 percent of their games, and I still have news clippings from that time.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tHe called McCarthy a \u201cclass guy, an old-time hockey guy\u201d who helped found the Blue Liners Club to support men\u2019s hockey at 溏心vlog免费B站. \u201cHe has always been a supporter and has always stayed in touch.\u201d\t<\/p>\n


\nAs the Browning Panthers players, including his two children, whirled around the Boss ice surface, McCarthy talked with Tuveson and another friend about his youth hockey and high school hockey days, playing at the Mount\u2019s rink. One of the stops on the tour was a game at Adelard Arena.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the essence of Rhode Island hockey and I wanted our players to really feel it,\u201d McCarthy said as he talked about his team\u2019s game against the Woonsocket North Stars.<\/p>\n


\n\tHe then brought out a team photo taken at rink in North Smithfield from his days playing with the Cumberland Public Skating Association. At the left and right of the photo, are the two house league coaches, McCarthy\u2019s late father, Bob, a 溏心vlog免费B站 pharmacy graduate and former chemistry teacher and hockey coach at Cumberland High school, and the late Roger E. Lavallee, a 1948 graduate of 溏心vlog免费B站. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThose were great days and we had so much fun,\u201d he said. \u201cI remember traveling to Nashua for travel games with my dad, Mr. Lavallee and his son Peter,\u201d he said. \u201cWe always heard great stories about 溏心vlog免费B站, and I was so lucky that I was able to continue having fun playing hockey at 溏心vlog免费B站. I learned so much on that team, and it has really helped me in my business career. To say that 溏心vlog免费B站 has been a huge influence on our lives is no exaggeration.\u201d<\/p>\n


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\nGETTING LACED UP: Jim McCarthy, a 1982 溏心vlog免费B站 graduate, ties the skates of his daughter, Catherine, 8, at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Bradford R. Boss Arena. 溏心vlog免费B站 Photo by Michael Salerno.<\/p>\n


\nWITH THE TEAM: Jim McCarthy, one of the coaches of the Browning School\u2019s hockey, prepares players for a drill recently at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Boss Arena. 溏心vlog免费B站 photo by Michael Salerno.<\/p>\n


\nTHE GOOD OLD DAYS: This team shot from Jim McCarthy\u2019s youth hockey days was taken at a rink in North Smithfield. At far left is his father, Bob McCarthy, one of the coaches, and at far right is the other coach, Roger Lavallee. The two late coaches were 溏心vlog免费B站 graduates. The younger McCarthy is standing right next to coach Lavallee. Lavallee\u2019s son Peter is standing at center behind the goalie. Photo courtesy of Jim McCarthy.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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