Proud to be a Mav
http://www.omaha.com/article/20091022/NEWS02/710229771
John Keenan WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote:Maverick mojo was on the agenda Thursday at the Suburban Rotary Club’s weekly meeting.
Mike Hastings, associate hockey coach at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, brought players and cheerleaders with him as he spoke to a crowd of appreciative Roatarians.
Hastings, who was the head coach of the Omaha Lancers for 14 years before returning to the city this year to join coach Dean Blais’s staff, spoke about his love for Omaha.
“I’ve been asked, ‘Why come back to Omaha?’” said Hastings, who spent a year at the University of Minnesota.
“It’s probably the same reason everybody’s here. It’s a special place. The Midwest is something that’s unique -- and that’s not to beat on the people that are on the East Coast, West Coast, anything like that -- but I’ve been on both, I’ve recruited both. I love this place, I love Omaha. Both my children were born here.”
John Keenan WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote:“The biggest idea was to come back and be part of something special,” Hastings said. “I’ve seen the UNO hockey program grow from it’s infancy . . . when you got to go down to the Civic Auditorium and see them play Bowling Green, play the play-in game, and have that place rocking.”
John Keenan WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote:Hastings also passed on a message from Blais, who he said was recruiting Thursday.
“We’re incredibly proud to be representing the University of Nebraska at Omaha,” Hastings said. “We’re very proud to be representing the city of Omaha.”
