East-Merrill United names Brian Bednarczyk new head hockey coach
Jul 17, 2025, 2:17 PM CST
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The East-Merrill United Bluejacks, the hockey co-op of Wausau East, Merrill and Newman Catholic has a new head coach. Per a release by the Wausau School District, Brian Bednarczyk is the new head coach of the Bluejacks. Bennarczyk succeeds Nate Pagel in the position.
Bednarczyk is a Rothschild native and played high school hockey at D.C. Everest as a 4-year varsity performer for the Evergreens. Following his high school career, Bednarczyk went on to play two years of junior hockey for Great Falls Americans (Jr. A) and the Peoria Mustangs (Jr. B) before playing NCAA Division III hockey for the University of Wisconsin – Stout. After college, he played for the Mosinee Papermakers for 16 years.
The Bluejacks finished with a 9-16 overall record this past season and 2-8 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference.
Chad Holmes is a central Wisconsin native who has covered news, sports and the stories and people you care about at WXCO for more than 20 years. In addition to hosting the “WXCO Morning Report” each weekday morning, Chad is the voice of Wausau West and Newman Catholic High School sports. Outside of his busy work life, Chad loves history and politics, movies and the theatre, and sports of all kinds. Also a proud graduate of D.C. Everest High School and the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire. Reach him at chad.holmes@civicmedia.us.
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