Frank Anzalone is entering his 12th season overall and the fourth year of his second stint with the Lake Superior State hockey team.

Last season Anzalone came back to LSSU after 10 years of professional coaching. He built Laker Hockey into a national powerhouse in the 1980s and led the program to its first NCAA Division I National Championship in 1988. During his first tenure Anzalone's Lakers also made four NCAA Tournament appearances in five seasons.

The 2001-02 Lakers started phase one of the rebuilding process under Anzalone's direction. LSSU became the first 12th-seeded team to win a game against a No. 1 in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association Playoffs. The Lakers also secured their first playoff victory in six seasons.

Anzalone started his career with the Lakers in 1982 as an assistant to Bill Selman. He took over the team midway through that season when Selman returned to his native St. Louis. It took Anzalone just two seasons to move LSSU from an 11th-place finish to second in the CCHA. The Lakers advanced to the conference championship at Joe Louis Arena and qualified for the NCAA tournament for the first time in 1984-85. They continued their improvement under Anzalone's tutelage, culminating in their 1988 national championship win in Lake Placid, N.Y. In 1989 and '90, the Lakers finished second in the CCHA and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinal before losing out, at Harvard and Colgate, respectively.

Prior to his return to LSSU, Anzalone coached the Pee Dee Pride of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) where his team won the Palmetto Cup and he was named the ECHL All-Star coach. His 1998-99 Lowell (Massachusetts) Lock Monsters won the Atlantic Division in the American Hockey League (AHL).

In 1997-98, Anzalone's Roanoke Express finished atop the Northwest Division of the ECHL. It was the culmination of five seasons of building an expansion franchise.

He is the first repeat coach in 35 years of Laker hockey, both the fifth and eighth coach at LSSU. Anzalone and his wife Theresa have a son -- Francis.

ANZALONE'S YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORDS AT LSSU

Year	Overall	Pct.	CCHA	Pct.	CCHA Finish	NCAA Finish
1982-83	5-10-1	.313	5-10-1	.313	11th	DNP
1983-84	18-20-2	.475	12-17-1	.417	8th	DNP
1984-85	27-16-1	.625	21-11-0	.656	2nd	Quarter-Finals
1985-86	24-18-1	.570	17-14-1	.547	4th	DNP
1986-87	22-16-2	.575	19-11-2	.625	3rd	DNP
1987-88	33-7-6	.783	22-4-6	.781	1st	CHAMPIONS
1988-89	29-11-6	.696	19-7-6	.687	2nd	Quarter-Finals
1989-90	33-10-3	.750	24-6-2	.781	2nd	Quarter-Finals
2001-02	8-27-2	.243	4-22-2	.179	12th	DNP
2002-03	6-28-4	.211	3-24-1	.125	12th	DNP
Totals	214-183-35	.553	153-142-27	.534

ANZALONE'S COACHING ACCCOMPLISHMENTS

Year	Accomplishment
1988	NCAA Coach of the Year
1988	NCAA Champion
1988	CCHA Coach of the Year
1993	New Jersey Coach of the Year
1999	Roanoke Valley Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee
2000	Palmetto Cup Champions
2001	LSSU Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee

WINNINGEST COACH IN LAKER HOCKEY HISTORY