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Here is an article about retired ice hockey player Brent Bilodeau, who now works as an assistant coach to a minor league hockey franchise in Las Vegas. I am including the article here because his wife, Cass Bauer-Bilodeau, is mentioned.
As some of you know, Cass once played for the Monarchs in the early days.
She currently works as a registered nurse in Las Vegas.
From:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Nov-29-Tue-2005/sports/4531743.html
Wranglers' Bilodeau shifts to coaching
[FONT=verdana, arial]By TODD DEWEY
REVIEW-JOURNAL
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Wranglers assistant coach Brent Bilodeau carved out a 12-year professional hockey career as a big, strong defenseman.
But put the 6-foot-4-inch former NHL first-round draft pick on a basketball court and he's no match for his wife, former WNBA player Cass Bauer-Bilodeau.
"I definitely don't want to challenge her on the basketball court. I went on the court with her a couple times and got beat up," he said. "I got my nose broken a couple times. She was just practicing some post moves, and the next thing I know an elbow comes flying at my head, and I'm lying on the ground and she's going in for a layup.
"Her work ethic and tenacity for the game are second to none. She's pretty mean out there."
Fortunately for Bilodeau, his wife, who is also 6-4, is retired from basketball and now works as a registered nurse in Las Vegas, where the couple is raising their 1-year-old twins, Tyler and Jacob.
Despite their pro sports backgrounds, Bilodeau said he and his wife would be just as happy to raise a pair of plumbers as a pair of power forwards.
"Sports are great, but if they don't want to play them, it's fine with us," he said. "We don't have to live our lives through them, because we've done it."
Bilodeau, 32, retired last year after spending the past six seasons as a player/assistant coach with the Johnstown Chiefs (4-7-4), who will face the Wranglers (9-4-1, 7-0-0 at home) at 7 tonight in a ECHL clash at the Orleans Arena.
Bilodeau, who played 18 games for the Las Vegas Thunder of the defunct International Hockey League, also saw action in the American Hockey League and the WCHL.
He played 779 career games, including a franchise-record 414 for the Chiefs, before calling it quits after last season.
"The body was hurting too much and I was getting too slow. It was just time to shut her down," he said. "I enjoy helping the younger guys and passing on my experience to them."
Wranglers coach Glen Gulutzan said Bilodeau has made a smooth transition from playing to coaching.
"It was a big adjustment for him because he just came from playing. You go from working two hours a day to eight hours a day," he said. "But I think he's adjusted well and he's a great asset to our organization."
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As some of you know, Cass once played for the Monarchs in the early days.
She currently works as a registered nurse in Las Vegas.
From:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Nov-29-Tue-2005/sports/4531743.html
Wranglers' Bilodeau shifts to coaching
[FONT=verdana, arial]By TODD DEWEY
REVIEW-JOURNAL
[/FONT]
Wranglers assistant coach Brent Bilodeau carved out a 12-year professional hockey career as a big, strong defenseman.
But put the 6-foot-4-inch former NHL first-round draft pick on a basketball court and he's no match for his wife, former WNBA player Cass Bauer-Bilodeau.
"I definitely don't want to challenge her on the basketball court. I went on the court with her a couple times and got beat up," he said. "I got my nose broken a couple times. She was just practicing some post moves, and the next thing I know an elbow comes flying at my head, and I'm lying on the ground and she's going in for a layup.
"Her work ethic and tenacity for the game are second to none. She's pretty mean out there."
Fortunately for Bilodeau, his wife, who is also 6-4, is retired from basketball and now works as a registered nurse in Las Vegas, where the couple is raising their 1-year-old twins, Tyler and Jacob.
Despite their pro sports backgrounds, Bilodeau said he and his wife would be just as happy to raise a pair of plumbers as a pair of power forwards.
"Sports are great, but if they don't want to play them, it's fine with us," he said. "We don't have to live our lives through them, because we've done it."
Bilodeau, 32, retired last year after spending the past six seasons as a player/assistant coach with the Johnstown Chiefs (4-7-4), who will face the Wranglers (9-4-1, 7-0-0 at home) at 7 tonight in a ECHL clash at the Orleans Arena.
Bilodeau, who played 18 games for the Las Vegas Thunder of the defunct International Hockey League, also saw action in the American Hockey League and the WCHL.
He played 779 career games, including a franchise-record 414 for the Chiefs, before calling it quits after last season.
"The body was hurting too much and I was getting too slow. It was just time to shut her down," he said. "I enjoy helping the younger guys and passing on my experience to them."
Wranglers coach Glen Gulutzan said Bilodeau has made a smooth transition from playing to coaching.
"It was a big adjustment for him because he just came from playing. You go from working two hours a day to eight hours a day," he said. "But I think he's adjusted well and he's a great asset to our organization."
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