Icemen, head coach mutually agree to part ways effective immediately Brandon Mashinter spent seven months as teamās head coach
Jacksonville Icemen during an ECHL hockey game against the South Carolina Stingrays on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, at Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. [Gary Lloyd McCullough/For the Jacksonville Icemen] (Gary Lloyd McCullough, Ā© Gary Lloyd McCullough 2023)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ā The Icemen have announced a mutual decision to part ways with former head coach Brandon Mashinter, effective immediately.
Mashinter was promoted from assistant to head coach on July 22, 2024.
āOn behalf of our organization, we would like to thank Brandon Mashinter for all of his hard work in helping to elevate our team to a high level these past three and half years,ā said Icemen CEO Andy Kaufmann. āWe will always be grateful for Brandonās contributions to our team and wish him all the best in his future endeavors. We are very excited to have Sean Teakle take the leadership reins and help guide our team to the playoffs and continue to field a team that will make Jacksonville proud.ā
In the interim, the team has promoted assistant coach Sean Teakle to serve as the interim head coach. The Ontario native joined the Icemen this past summer as an assistant coach after spending the last decade working in various roles within the Ontario Hockey League.
The Icemen are currently tied for second place in the ECHL South Division.
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