Scott Gordon ’86 • Marie Oates hosted a member reception for the Council for Women of Boston College on November 18 at The Kitano in New York City. • Thanks for your notes.
1986 Correspondent: Karen Broughton Boyarsky karen.boyarsky.86@bc.edu 130 Adirondack Drive East Greenwich, RI 02818 Michaela “Mikey” Murphy Hoag, founding member of the Council for Women of Boston College, hosted a Beginning the Journey event in San Francisco on September 30 at the Metropolitan Club. Beginning the Journey is a program focusing on career and life skills sponsored by the Council for Women of Boston College. The council is dedicated to furthering the role of alumnae as leaders and active participants in the University.
1987 Correspondent: Catherine Stanton Schiff catherine87@bc.edu 894 Liberty Street Braintree, MA 02184 Happy 2009! I hope your year is off to a great start! Here is what’s new. • Ellis Paul’s CD The Dragonfly Races has been designated a 2008 Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Award winner. It is Ellis’s 14th album and was inspired by his two daughters, marking his debut into the family/children’s genre. A critically acclaimed singer, songwriter, poet, and troubadour, Paul is the recipient of 13 Boston Music Awards, second only to multiplatinum act Aerosmith. Since launching from Boston, Ellis has built a vast catalog of music, and he averages 150 shows a year, traveling across America and Europe, playing venues from church basements to Carnegie Hall. • Park Row Associates, a leading group medical benefits consulting firm, has named Gina (Calise) Sahagian to the position of client consultant. Gina previously held positions with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, including actuarial director, director of financial forecasting and senior markets, and manager of nongroup rating and claim reserving. A resident of Saunderstown, RI, she holds a BA in mathematics from Boston College and an MBA from Bryant College. • Congratulations to Anne (Willwerth) ’85
Former goalie Scott Gordon brings the same intensity he displayed as a player to his new job as head coach of the New York Islanders.
behind the bench ou must have the mentality that you’re going to win the Stanley Cup,” says first-year New York Islanders head coach Scott Gordon ’86. “Each year, 29 teams fail. But you have to enter every game with the belief that you’re going to win.” A native of Easton, Massachusetts, Gordon led the Providence Bruins to the best regular season record in the American Hockey League last year—a run that helped him garner the league’s coach of the year honors and earn his first NHL coaching job. However, performing on hockey’s biggest stage is nothing new for the former goalie. After leading Boston College to a Frozen Four appearance in 1985, he played in the NHL with the Quebec Nordiques and with the 1992 U.S. Olympic team in Albertville, France. “There are some big hurdles this year,” says Gordon, who inherited a squad that finished last in its division. “But the key is to replace individual goals with team goals and get everyone skating in the same direction.”
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Below, Gordon reflects on life on and off the ice: what is the most satisfying moment in your professional life?
how have you changed since graduation?
Playing in my first NHL hockey game with Quebec and then playing in the 1992 Olympics.
I’m a lot calmer now that I don’t have pucks flying at me.
in your personal life? Marrying my wife and having two boys.
what is your best bc memory?
what is the most important lesson in life? Always look for different ways to improve what you do.
Winning the Beanpot in 1983 and reaching the Frozen Four in 1985.
who would play you in the film version of your life?
what is your next goal?
Al Pacino—just for his speech in Any Given Sunday.
Winning the Stanley Cup and bringing home a gold medal in the Olympics.
where did you live freshman year?
how much can you sing of the bc fight song? For Boston, for Boston, We sing our proud refrain…a little humming…and that just about does it.
Roncalli Hall on Upper Campus.
where is your favorite spot on the bc campus? In the goal or behind the bench.
for more q&a with scott gordon, visit www.bc.edu/alumni/gordon.html.