As the start of a new hockey season inched closer, the University of Colorado Boulder Division I hockey junior captain Joe Kinsella and junior assistant captain Connor Sullivan were on the hunt for a new head coach. The Buffs were in a tough position after Eric Ballard stepped down in the summer; it was a sudden roadblock that left them without a leader.
Luckily, one day before the team’s informational meeting leading into tryouts, Brent “Benny” Tollar received a call confirming his position as the new head coach for the CU hockey team.
Five years ago, Tollar helped out on the Buffaloes hockey team, which made the pool of applicants even easier to decide for the captains.