March 30, 2005
Cale Kirk Named MCRHL Director for 2005-2006 Season
In February, the MCRHL Rule Board, composed of each of the Active MCRHL Members, elected Cale Kirk as the League Director for the 2005-2006 season. Cale was a member of the Eastern Michigan club until 2004, helping to lead them to the first Haschel Cup at the 2004 MCRHL Championships. Officially, Cale will be the League Director as of June 1, 2005, but he has already begun fielding questions and preparing for the transition into next season.
Kristy Liska will still act as the Financial Director of the MCRHL. Kristy has been contributing to the league since the 2002-2003 season, and has been the Financial Director for two seasons.
Derek See and Chad Keuneke will be leaving the organization, after serving for two seasons as League Operations Director and League Director, respectively.
As a personal aside, I?d like to thank Derek, Kristy, and all team representatives and other volunteers that have helped us over the last two seasons. Our goal was to get the MCRHL back on its feet, both organizationally and competitively, and we feel that we?ve done that. I?ve enjoyed contributing to the league I played in, and I feel there is great potential to be achieved in college roller hockey in the next several years. As long as the MCRHL, the other regional leagues, and the NCRHA continue to employ quality people motivated to do things well, that potential can be reached, though progress may appear to crawl at times to outsiders.
Again, thanks to everyone for their support and aid, and I?m looking forward to seeing the league develop and thrive into the future.