Couple of bits that hit while we were losing our minds for 13 innings in Meriden:
–Kyle Schempp, recently married, has a new home in Idaho.
–And the Eagle-Tribune reports that former Merrimack coach Mark Dennehy will take over the Binghamton Devils after Rick Kowalsky was promoted to New Jersey recently.
Edit, 8/2, 12:20 AM: For completeness’ sake, after the Devils made it official:
| TEAM | Old | New |
| SA-a | Eric Veilleux (4/17) | Drew Bannister (6/5) |
| LAV | Sylvain Lefebvre (4/17) | Joel Bouchard (5/17) |
| HER | Troy Mann (4/25) | Spencer Carbery (6/26) |
| BAK | Gerry Fleming (4/27) | Jay Woodcroft (4/27) |
| BEL | Kurt Kleinendorst (5/1) | Troy Mann (6/25) |
| TUC | Mike Van Ryn (5/30, STL ass’t) | Jay Varady (7/2) |
| GR | Todd Nelson (5/31, DAL ass’t) | Ben Simon (6/5) |
| STK | Ryan Huska (5/31, CAL ass’t) | Cail MacLean (6/4) |
| MIL | Dean Evason (6/6, MIN ass’t) | Karl Taylor (6/29) |
| COL-a | New franchise | Greg Cronin (7/12) |
| IOW | Derek Lalonde (7/12 – TBL ass’t) | Tim Army (7/19) |
| BIN | Rick Kowalsky (7/23 – NJ ass’t) | Mark Dennehy (8/1) |
a-St. Louis takes over San Antonio, while the Colorado Eagles join the league.