 Well, the wait is over for the BHS hockey team and naming their next person to lead the program. Activities director Troy Hendricks announced earlier today that assistant coach Eric Monzerud is the man for the job. He will take over for Wade Chido who stepped down in April. The former BSU player Monzerud has been named the Section 8AA coach of the year with Chido. The Lumberjacks finished the year 14-11 in one last season before being upset by Brainerd in the first round. Here's Hendricks on his thoughts on the new bench boss. Monzerud's strength is not only his ability to coach the game but he's a great relationship guy. The kids want to be around him. They want to be a part of Coach Monzerud. He's interested in them not only as a player and as a person and I think that goes a long way and getting kids that want to play for you and want to play hard for you day in and day out so he has all the qualities that we're looking for in a head coach. Coach Monzerud told us today he's excited to be named the boys head hockey coach. I look forward to build on what Coach Chido has done. With the program we'll hear more from him tomorrow in an interview. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.