Dean Blais on the UNO coaching position (kind of).

I found this story while reading the Mavpuck.com message board. Blais said that he wouldn't comment whether he had an interest in the Maverick coaching job and that was as far as he is going to go. With the possibility of Blais being in the mix, one has to wonder if he is their front runner for the coaching vacancy? Blais is a high profile coach that could take UNO to the next level. If Dean Blais became the coach of UNO that would make Maverick Hockey race horse hockey.

Trev Alberts and Mike Kemp have been busy.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha's athletic director and associate athletic director were expected back in Omaha late Tuesday after meeting with six potential hockey coaches in interviews in two separate locations on a three-day trip, Alberts said.

“We had a chance to sit down with some candidates and it was very, very productive,” Alberts said. “We've sat down with some extremely competent, dynamic candidates.”

Alberts declined to reveal any of the candidates who have been interviewed to replace Kemp as the Mavericks' second-ever head coach.

Among those UNO is believed to be interested in are former North Dakota coach Dean Blais, Colorado College assistant Mike Guentzel, Minnesota assistant Mike Hastings, Minnesota-Duluth assistant Steve Rohlik and Boston University assistant David Quinn. Guentzel and Hastings are former Omaha Lancers coaches, while Rohlik and Quinn are former UNO assistants.

Blais, reached by telephone Tuesday, deflected questions about the vacancy and whether he has had an interest in it.

“I think you're better off talking to Trev Alberts,” Blais said. “I'm not going to get myself into a ‘he said, they said.'” [omaha.com]