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STOPs & STARTS USA HOCKEY NEWS & UPDATES Pair Join NTDP As Intern Coaches T Ann Arbor, Mich., to serve as an intern coach with the USA Hockey program. rent Palm, who played two seasons with the National Team Development Program before going on to help the University of Minnesota Duluth win an NCAA national title, will return to He will be joined by Josh Brown, who recently served as a volunteer assistant coach and hockey operations coordina- tor at Robert Morris University. Brown will work with the NTDP's U.S. National Under-18 Team during the 2012- 13 season, while Palm will spend the season with the U.S. National Under-17 Team. During his tenure with the NTDP, Palm recorded 13 goals and 20 assists in 122 games, and helped Team USA win the gold medal at the 2006 IIHF Men's World Under- 18 Championship. He most recently served as the head Minnesota scout for the USHL' also spent time with the Northern Edge/Educate Hockey and Reebok Nationals AAA programs. Trent Palm played in 122 games during his time at the NTDP and helped the U.S. win gold at the 2006 IIHF Under-18 World Championship. s Sioux City Musketeers and Nittany Lions Break Ground On New Ice Den Penn State University is one step closer to hitting the ice as a Div. I hockey program following the groundbreaking of Pegula Ice Arena. The new 6,000-seat state-of-the-art facility is made possible by an $88-million donation from Terry Pegula, who, along with his wife Kim, attended the April 20 groundbreaking ceremony. "This is truly a momentous day for Penn State, our student-athletes, the local community and ice hockey fans everywhere," Penn State President Rodney Erickson said. "Our goal is to make this arena, and the vast array of activities to be held in it, the national model by which all other programs are measured." Pegula Ice Arena will be completed in time for the 2013-14 season, both the men's and women's hockey teams' second year at the varsity level. During their inaugural seasons, both teams will play at the Greenberg/Penn State Ice Pavilion, home to the Penn State Icers non- varsity teams for the past 30 years. After competing this season as an independent team, the Penn State men's program will join the likes of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan State in the six-team Big Ten conference starting in 2013-14, while the women's team will join the College Hockey America division. 10 college graduate who is pursuing a career in hockey operations. The North Falmouth, Mass., native will be based at R USA Hockey's National Team Development Program in Ann Arbor, Mich., and will help with national teams, international events and player development camps. Breen, who graduated from Providence in 2012 with a master's degree in business administration, has spent the past season as the director of hockey operations for the Friars' men's hockey team. He has also spent time working with the Boston Bruins and Providence Bruins, coordinating hockey operations and promoting the game at a grassroots level. Established in April 2010, the Brendan Burke Internship was founded in memory of the late Brendan Burke, who served as a student assistant for the Miami University hockey team and was the son of Brian Burke, general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the 2010 U.S. Men's Olympic Team. BREEN BECOMES THIRD BURKE INTERN yan Breen has been tapped as the third recipient of the Brendan Burke Internship, which is awarded annually to a recent SEPTEMBER.2012 USAHOCKEYMAGAZINE.COM PHOTOS COURTESY OF USA Hockey; Courtesy of Penn State University, Providence College