USA Hockey is turning to one of its most successful coaches, and Mike Eaves has a chance to win a second major championship in a span of less than two months.
Eaves, the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach who won the national championship last Saturday, was tabbed today as the head coach for Team USA at the IIHF World Championships next month in Riga, Latvia. There, he’ll try to bring that tournament’s gold medal stateside for the first time in non-Olympic competition since 1933.