Cole had a lengthy playing career, then got into coaching, first in the minor leagues in the AHL and even lower levels. When he was with Grand Rapids, he said he told a reporter that one day he wanted to wind up back in East Lansing. “It’s been on my mind. The timing has to be right, sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn’t,” Cole said. “That’s a lesson you have to learn. And when great things happen, it’s a wonderful thing.”
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