Terry Kleisinger, who spent four seasons (2000-04) as a volunteer assistant coach at Colorado College earlier this decade, will return to the Tigers in the same capacity for the 2009-10 campaign.

Kleisinger, who lives in Edwards, Colo., near Vail, again will work primarily with CC's goalies – junior Tyler O'Brien and freshmen Joe Howe and Hudson Stremmel.

“It'll be great to have Terry back,” said head coach Scott Owens. “He did such a great job with us previously, particularly with the goalies. And, with the youthfulness and inexperience of our goaltenders this year, I think he'll really be an asset to our team.”

The former University of Wisconsin netminder was a member of two NCAA championship teams, in 1981 and 1983, as well as UW's national runner-up squad in 1982. Before graduating in 1984, he set a school record with nine career shutouts and became just the third UW netminder to amass more than 2,000 career saves. A native of Nanaimo, British Columbia, he subsequently was named to the roster of Canada's national team.

Kleisinger went on to play professionally in the New York Rangers organization (1985-88) before injuries sustained in an automobile accident forced him to retire. He began his coaching career with the Madison (Wis.) Major AAA team in 1989 and in the early 2000s served on the staff of the Vail (Colo.) AAA  squad.

Kleisinger and his wife, Laurie, have two sons – Casey and Cody, ages 20 and 18.