Dan Sherban
ICE HOCKEY COACH
1971 – 1992
As a new teacher at North Branford, Dan started the ice hockey program as a club sport in 1971. Coach Sherban
had been a Division I ice hockey player in Canada and knew the work that it would take to establish a varsity hockey team. He was able to secure the funding and support necessary by 1973 and in 1978 the team made it’s first of 9 appearances in the state hockey tournament, including 4 consecutive trips from 1981 until 1984. On February 2, 1984 Coach Sherban achieved the 100-win mark. His teams continued to improve and in 1987 the team qualified for the Division I State Tournament. Many of his players received All-Area and All-State recognition and one of his players, Jack Duffy, played and captained the Yale Division I hockey team. He was the first North Branford player invited to tryout for the US Olympic Hockey Team. After retiring as a North Branford High School teacher and ice hockey coach, Dan stayed involved in coaching hockey in the Yale Youth Hockey Program and served as a volunteer coach at Hamden Hall. The North Branford High School Athletic Hall of Fame is proud and pleased to induct Dan Sherban on July 10, 2011.
1971 – 1992
As a new teacher at North Branford, Dan started the ice hockey program as a club sport in 1971. Coach Sherban
had been a Division I ice hockey player in Canada and knew the work that it would take to establish a varsity hockey team. He was able to secure the funding and support necessary by 1973 and in 1978 the team made it’s first of 9 appearances in the state hockey tournament, including 4 consecutive trips from 1981 until 1984. On February 2, 1984 Coach Sherban achieved the 100-win mark. His teams continued to improve and in 1987 the team qualified for the Division I State Tournament. Many of his players received All-Area and All-State recognition and one of his players, Jack Duffy, played and captained the Yale Division I hockey team. He was the first North Branford player invited to tryout for the US Olympic Hockey Team. After retiring as a North Branford High School teacher and ice hockey coach, Dan stayed involved in coaching hockey in the Yale Youth Hockey Program and served as a volunteer coach at Hamden Hall. The North Branford High School Athletic Hall of Fame is proud and pleased to induct Dan Sherban on July 10, 2011.