By Bill Althaus
The Examiner
Scott Hillman spent most of Monday in meetings with members of his Missouri Mavericks hockey team.
He listened and made some recommendations.
Listened and consoled.
Listened and took notes.
Listened and looked to the future.
“I spent more time today listening than anything,” Hillman said late Monday as many of the Mavericks gathered outside the locker room for one final team meeting.
“We had some great meetings today – meetings that I really feel good about. It’s kind of funny, because so many of the people we’ve talked with at the Goodbye Party (Friday night) and Mavericks Booster Club party (Saturday night) have come up and said, ‘Well, it must be nice to get some time off.’
“If they only knew – now is when the toughest part of my job starts. We have 20 wonderful young guys in that locker room and not all of them are going to be coming back.”
That’s the truth of life in the Central Hockey League.
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