News release
21 May 2013
ELMIRA, N.Y. - The Elmira Jackals' hockey staff for the 2013-14 season has begun to take shape. The team announced today that Dwight Mullins will return as head coach and Robbie Nichols has been brought on as the Jackals' vice president and general manager.
Matt Hufnagel, who was general manager of both First Arena and the Jackals for 2012-13 has been retained as the general manager of First Arena.
Nichols returns to the Jackals after a one-year hiatus to take on his seventh season as general manager of the club. As the GM from 2007 to 2012, Nichols helped construct Jackals squads that compiled a 194-128-34 record and qualified for the playoffs each year. He also took over as head coach for the final 19 games of 2010-11 and guided the Jackals to a 9-7-3 record down the stretch.
As the vice president and general manager of the Jackals, Nichols will oversee the team's ticket sales and corporate partnership efforts, as well as the team's hockey operations.
Mullins will be back for his second season with the Jackals after notching a 40-25-7 record in 2012-13. He was hired to replace his predecessor Pat Bingham last September just days before the Jackals opened training camp. He went on to win 40 games, or more, for the third time in four years as a pro head coach and qualified for the playoffs for the fourth year in a row. From 2009 to 2012 Mullins coached the Central Hockey League's Allen Americans and built a 128-51-17 record.