Sven Butenschon is back for his second season as the head coach of UBC men's hockey, this time without the interim tag. (Richard Lam/UBC athletics)
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UBC men’s hockey: Ex-NHLer Butenschon to have interim tag removed as ‘Birds full-time boss

VANCOUVER — Sven Butenschon showed a level of mettle last season which went a long ways towards convincing UBC Thunderbirds’ athletic director Gilles Lepine that he need not look far to find the next fulltime head coach of the school’s men’s hockey program.

Thunderbirds medal in back-to-back years, picking up bronze. (Ian MacAlpine/U SPORTS)
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Thunderbirds medal in back-to-back years, picking up bronze

By Aaron Martin – Special to VarsityLetters.caNAPANEE, ON – Coming into the 2017 U Sports Women’s Hockey National Championships as the top seed before falling 1-0 to the McGill Martlets in yesterday’s semifinals, some onlookers posted that the UBC Thunderbirds would be hard-pressed to get up for the Bronze Medal game.