{"id":2989,"date":"2024-04-21T13:17:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T17:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njhshockeyhof.com\/wp\/?p=2989"},"modified":"2026-03-07T05:45:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T10:45:49","slug":"gary-farishian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njhshockeyhof.com\/wp\/gary-farishian\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Farishian"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0 et_animated et-waypoint\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/njhshockeyhof.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Gary-Farishian.jpg\" class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\" title=\"Gary Farishian\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"539\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/njhshockeyhof.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Gary-Farishian.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Farishian\" title=\"Gary Farishian\" srcset=\"https:\/\/njhshockeyhof.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Gary-Farishian.jpg 539w, https:\/\/njhshockeyhof.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Gary-Farishian-480x594.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 539px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-3130\" \/><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_0 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_team_member_no_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Contributor<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">NJIHL<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>Gary\u2019s ice hockey career started in 1971 when as an undergraduate at Wagner College he helped establish their first team and became part of the offensive line-up. From there, he became the head ice hockey coach for Verona High School\u2019s 1989 inaugural season winning a divisional championship. While at Verona, he coached the Garden State games for 4 years garnering gold, silver and bronze medals. From 1991-1996, he served on the South Mountain Arena Advisory Committee promoting the interests of all Essex County high school hockey teams. In 1996, he developed and guided the Verona\/Glen Ridge cooperative ice hockey program which still operates and is the longest cooperative ice hockey program in the state. In 1997, Gary returned to Wagner College to coach and win 3 consecutive Metropolitan League Championships with a cumulative record of 52-1-1. In 2003, he became Verona High School\u2019s Athletic Director, received the state\u2019s 2013 Sectional Award of Merit and was inducted in the NJ Athletic Director Hall of Fame in 2017. He also served as a monitor of athletic programs in the state for the NJSIAA. Since retirement in 2015, he serves as the treasurer and on the executive committee for the NJ Interscholastic Ice Hockey League.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[92,56],"class_list":["post-2989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-class-of-2024","tag-class-of-2024","tag-contributor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/njhshockeyhof.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/njhshockeyhof.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/njhshockeyhof.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njhshockeyhof.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njhshockeyhof.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2989"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/njhshockeyhof.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3781,"href":"https:\/\/njhshockeyhof.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989\/revisions\/3781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njhshockeyhof.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/njhshockeyhof.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njhshockeyhof.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njhshockeyhof.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}