The Aberdeen Cougars girls' hockey team has been the gold standard of its sport for the past decade and now the architect of the program has returned to the squad. Rob Weinmeister is taking over for Shelby Edwards who stepped down after last season. The Cougars have won six of the past seven state championships with three titles for each coach. Weinmeister, who last coached in 2017, remembers the days before the current dynasty. "I do recall those lean years that we had way back when," Weinmeister said, "but hopefully, there’s still the culture there and the understanding of what we have to do to maintain that." Interestingly enough, this year's team has no seniors, and the junior players were all sixth graders the last time Weinmeister was on the sidelines. "It’s a young team. You take away those six juniors and a few sophomores, and the rest are freshman. Our goalie is only an eighth-grader," Weinmeister said. "It’s a real young team, but they’ve some good tale