Joe Augustine to coach 1,000th URI hockey game Sunday

When Joe Augustine sends his team out to the ice Sunday for its game against the University at Buffalo, it’s doubtful he will focus on the fact that it is his 1,000th game as head coach of the University of Rhode Island’s men’s club hockey team.

Instead, the Scituate resident is shooting for another win and a chance to improve on the team’s national ranking of 21 among all Division I club teams. It’s a good bet he’ll also be thinking about the 438 players he has mentored, memories from three decades of coaching at URI…