Andy Powers
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Andy "Handsome" Powers is a former Boston College
Boston College
Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...

 and professional hockey player. Currently, he coaches the Boston Junior Bruins along with Peter and Chris Masters

Early life

Powers was born and raised in Arlington, Massachusetts
Arlington, Massachusetts
Arlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, six miles northwest of Boston. The population was 42,844 at the 2010 census.-History:...

 on October 12, 1975. At 8 years old, playing in a hockey league of 12 year olds, Powers scored 6 goals in one game. He matched this feat three more times in his career. Powers attended Arlington High School
Arlington High School (Arlington, Massachusetts)
Arlington High School is a secondary school located in Arlington, Massachusetts. As of 2010, the school enrolls approximately 1,300 students annually. The current school principal is Mary Villano.-History:...

 where he was named to the Boston Herald
Boston Herald
The Boston Herald is a daily newspaper that serves Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and its surrounding area. It was started in 1846 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the United States...

 dream team his junior and senior year. His senior year, he led his team to an undefeated season and earned league MVP and was the Public School Player of the Year.

Boston College

In 1995, Powers entered Boston College
Boston College
Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...

 on a full scholarship to play hockey. In his college career, he scored at total of 27 goals, 45 assists, 75 points, and an unprecedented 138 penalty minutes, including a sophomore seaon with zero goals and only four assists. It was said Powers had a heart of a lion. Nobody could match his determination to win. He was quoted saying "I hate to lose more than I like to win." He was caught many times putting in extra time in the weight room. Many teammates say that he used to pump military music while performing biceps curls until he could not lift his arms wearing nothing but a jock strap and high heels.

Professional career

Shortly after college, Powers began his professional career for the Columbus Cottonmouths
Columbus Cottonmouths
The Columbus Cottonmouths are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Georgia. The team is nicknamed the Snakes, and play their home games at the Columbus Civic Center.-Central Hockey League : 1996-2001:...

, a team within the CHL
CHL
-Ice hockey:* Canadian Hockey League , the umbrella organization for Canadian major junior hockey* Central Hockey League, now the Central Canada Hockey League , a Junior A ice hockey league...

. He then proceeded to other teams like the Dayton Bombers
Dayton Bombers
The Dayton Bombers were an ECHL ice hockey team located in Dayton, Ohio. The team most recently was in the North Division of the ECHL's American Conference....

 and the South Carolina Stingrays
South Carolina Stingrays
The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Coliseum. The Carolina Ice Palace, also located in...

. Although never quite making the big leagues, Powers still continued to play hockey until the age of 29. He hung up his skates due to rapid hair loss and injuries to his knees, back, and ego. Currently, Andy Powers works for Mimecast
Mimecast
Mimecast is a software as a service company specialising in unified email management, which includes e-mail archiving, continuity, security, policy management, data leak prevention and marketing and attachment management. The company uses a massively-parallel grid infrastructure for email storage...

, in which he was named the Best Cold Caller in the History of Mimecast. As of September 7, 2010, Powers will be the second best athlete from
Arlington, MA that works at Mimecast
Mimecast
Mimecast is a software as a service company specialising in unified email management, which includes e-mail archiving, continuity, security, policy management, data leak prevention and marketing and attachment management. The company uses a massively-parallel grid infrastructure for email storage...

. On January 13, 2011, Powers got swiftly defeated in a 1-1 basketball match against Joe Stoopack. Powers just recently coached the Woburn Angels T-Ball team to its second straight championship.
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