Aeros announce Luke Strand as assistant coach

Published on August 22, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Houston Aeros News Release


HOUSTON, Texas -The American Hockey League's Houston Aeros have named Luke Strand as an assistant coach for the 2007-08 season, the team announced Wednesday.

Strand, 34 (2/12/73), will join Troy Ward, also a University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire player/coach, as an assistant to head coach Kevin Constantine. Strand was the head coach at Eau Claire for the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons. He also played for UWEC from 1993-97 tallying 85 points (41-44=85) in 104 games for the Blugolds.

Strand became the Blugolds' eighth head coach in 2005 and led the team to the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs this past season. The Blugolds lost to conference co-champion St. Norbert College, 3-1 and 4-3, in the best of three opening-round series.

Strand first became a head coach when he joined the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL for the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons. Strand also played in the UHL for three years before joining the coaching staff at St. Norbert College.

Strand has been working at Ward's Hockey and Sons Camp the past two weeks in Faribault, Minnesota.

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