Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Albany, N.Y. – The Hockey Commissioners Association (HCA) today announced
that Nate Ewell has been appointed to the position of interim Executive Director
of College Hockey, Inc., (CHI).
“We are extremely pleased to announce Nate’s promotion to his new position
knowing that he is an experienced professional who is highly regarded at both
the pro and collegiate levels of hockey,” said HCA President Steve Hagwell. “CHI
will be well served by his expertise in the media, communications, marketing
and promotional creativity.”
Prior to joining the staff of College Hockey Inc. in January, 2011, Ewell served
as the Vice President of Communications for the NHL’s Washington Capitals. In
eight seasons with the Caps, he created a comprehensive media strategy for
league MVP Alex Ovechkin, established a program for accreditation of bloggers
that became a model for other sports franchises, and led a staff that captured
four consecutive Dick Dillman Awards as the top media relations group in the
Eastern Conference.
A 1996 graduate of Princeton University, where he was the Sports Editor of the
campus newspaper, Ewell went on to become the Assistant Sports Information
Director at Michigan State University. There, he served as the principal media
contact for the MSU men’s hockey program.
CHI is a non-profi t corporation that operates under the auspices of the HCA and
serves as the educational, promotional and marketing arm of college hockey.
