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Under the guidance of former Black Bears head coach, the late Shawn Walsh, Reilly fit right in with Maine. There, he met Standbrook and the two have remained close ever since.
As it turned out, Reilly and Standbrook helped develop the players at Maine into the best in the country. In 1999, the Black Bears accomplished what the Crimson will set out to do beginning this weekend: winning the National Championship.
After the 2001 campaign, Reilly felt the pull of professional hockey and left the Black Bears to become an assistant coach with the Ottawa Senators AHL affiliate in Grand Rapids and Binghamton, where he has spent the past two seasons.
Despite the two-year separation between him and Maine, Reilly knows that he very easily could have remained with the Black Bears and could be behind the other bench when Maine and Harvard meet this weekend.
And of those seven, the Black Bears have won just three—each of the post-season contests—while notching a pair of ties.