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NEWARK, NJ - Former Brooklyn Knights General Manager, Gali Maimon was named the new General Manager of the Newark Ironbound Express today.

Maimon, the 2008 Premier Development League Executive of the Year, spent three years with the Knights. Over that period the Knights went 26-12-10 in the regular season, qualifying for playoffs in three consecutive seasons. The Knights record in playoffs the past three seasons was 1-2-3.

His new team, Ironbound was 8-2-6 in 2008, their inaugural year. They lost their first-ever playoff match, 4-2 to the Reading Rage that season after nipping at the heels of the Knights throughout the regular season. Brooklyn won the PDL’s Northeast Division that season with a record of 10-2-4. Newark finished second with an 8-2-6 mark.

In head-to-head competition the past two years, Brooklyn holds a 2-1-1 advantage over the Express.

Greek American-Atlas Head Coach Lucio Russo also was named Assistant Coach to Newark’s head man, George Vichniakov, who is in his third year.

Garry Tim was named the Media Director for the Express.