Emily Meyer, a 2011 Crookston High School graduate, has been offered and accepted the job as Crookston Pirate Girls Hockey Coach. Meyer takes over for Tim Moe, who announced his resignation after the season. 
Meyer, an assistant softball coach, told the players in a group text after the Pirate softball game on Wednesday afternoon. “I am so excited to be given this opportunity,” said Meyer. “I just announced it to the girls, so they found it out from me and not somebody else. I think everyone is ready to take the next step, and they know I will be the one to push them.”
Meyer was a four-year varsity player and two-time captain for the Crookston Pirate Girls Hockey team. After graduation, she played at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point. Meyer stayed in Wisconsin after graduating from college and returned to Crookston two years ago, where she took a paraprofessional job and the assistant girl’s hockey job.
“Not in a million years,” said Meyer responding to the question if she ever thought she would be the head coach of the Pirates. “The stars lined up perfectly, and the position kind of fell into my lap. I walked into the school to apply for a para position and Marilyn Wahouske, in the district office, said oh my gosh, I have to bring you to T-Moe (Tim Moe). He is going to be so excited, and it has fallen into place, and it has been an awesome opportunity. I am so happy to be back and never expected this to happen.”
Meyer plans on starting summer workouts on June 5, when the coaching waiver starts. Getting in the weight room will be one of the many things they do this summer. “Crookston is blue-collar hockey, and that is how we are going to win games, by getting into the gritty areas and outworking teams. Other teams like Warroad have the skill, but if we have the heart and everybody wants it and works hard, we will be a tough team to beat.”
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