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2008-09 Coaches |
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Mark Montagna - Head Coach montagna@wildcatsicehockey.com |
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2008-09 - Coach Mark Montagna will enter his 18th season as a head coach in the DVHL. Mark has coached at mite through midget over his tenure and has spent the last 4 years at the Midget Major level where he led his 2003-04 Major team to the Atlantic Districts. Mark spent his playing years with the Wintersport Royals and ended with the Philadelphia Jr. Flyers Junior B in 1989. Coach Montagna also played Varsity hockey for Archbishop Wood from 1986 to 1989. Coach Montagna received his Advanced Level 4 Coaching Certification in 1995. |
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| Jeff Montagna - Assistant Coach - jmontagna@wildcatsicehockey.com | |
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2008-08 - Coach Jeff Montagna will enter his 9th season as a Coach in the DVHL. Jeff has coached at the Peewee, Bantam and Midget Levels over his tenure and has spent the last 4 years at the Midget Major level where he helped lead his 2003-04 Major team to the Atlantic Districts. Jeff spent his playing years with the Wintersport Royals and captained his 1993 Midget team to the US Nationals . Coach Montagna also played Varsity hockey for Archbishop Wood from 1990 to 1993. Coach Montagna received his Advanced Level 4 Coaching Certification in 2000. |
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Tom Coyne-Head Coach -
tom.coyne@wildcatsicehockey.com 2008-09 - 27 years as a Head Coach in the Delaware Valley. Over the 27 years, Coach Coyne has been a part of various clubs which include, Old York Road Raiders, Wintersport Royals, Face Off Circle Glaciers, Hatfield Ice Dogs. Also over those 27 years, Coach Coyne has been a Head Coach for Upper Dublin HS Varsity, Cheltenham HS Varsity, and Archbishop Wood HS Varsity. Head Coach at Kutztown University for 3 seasons. Coach Coyne worked for 10 years with coach John Craig at the Philadelphia Hockey Training School before starting his own successful Camp Coyne. In 2001, Coach Coyne received his Masters level 5 coaching certification from USA hockey, where he serves on the disciplinary committee for the Atlantic District. Coach Coyne was recently recognized by the Philadelphia Flyers for work in youth hockey, and became the first recipient of the Flyers Hockey Hero award. Coach Coyne's primary focus is preparing local midget/HS players for junior and college hockey |
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| Matthew Montagna - Head Coach - mattmontagna@wildcatsicehockey.com | |
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2008-09 - Coach Matt Montagna will enter his 5th season as a Head coach in the DVHL. In his first season Coach Matt led his 2004-05 Midget Minor team to the DVHL Playoffs as well advancing to the Atlantic District Playoffs this past season with the 16AA team. Coach Matt also spent 3 seasons as an assistant with the Wildcat Bantams. Matt spent his playing years on many District teams with both the Wintersport Royals and the Wildcats. Coach Matt holds the distinct honor of being the first person to both play and coach in the Wildcats Organization. Coach Montagna also played Varsity hockey for William Tennent High School from 1997 to 1999. Coach Montagna received his Advanced Level 4 Coaching Certification in 2000 and graduated from Temple University in 2002. He continues to work with young adults off the ice in our community as a High School teacher in the Souderton School District. |
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2008-09 -
Coach Bill George will be entering his 3rd year with the Wildcats
16AA team. Bill’s extensive playing career started in the DVHL where he
ended his Midget playing days with the Wildcats in the year 2000. He also
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| Glenn DeStefano - Head Coach - gdestefano@wildcatsicehockey.com | |
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2008-09
Coach DeStefano returns this season to begin his
3rd season
with the Wildcats. He grew up in NJ, and
attended Penn State University where he played 4 yrs of Varsity
Hockey. After graduating he stayed on with the team to
serve as an assistant coach. He also coached at the popular Penn
State University hockey camp for 2 yrs.
Glenn has coached at various levels
from squirt to HS over the last 25 years,
most recently at the Wildcats Bantam
A level.
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| Jeff Montagna - Head Coach - jmontagna@wildcatsicehockey.com | |
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2008-09 - Coach Jeff Montagna will enter his 10th season as a Coach in the DVHL. Jeff has coached at the Peewee, Bantam and Midget Levels over his tenure and has spent the last 4 years at the Midget Major level where he helped lead his 2003-04 Major team to the Atlantic Districts. Jeff spent his playing years with the Wintersport Royals and captained his 1993 Midget team to the US Nationals . Coach Montagna also played Varsity hockey for Archbishop Wood from 1990 to 1993. Coach Montagna received his Advanced Level 4 Coaching Certification in 2000. |
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| Mike Greenhalgh - Head Coach - mikeg@wildcatsicehockey.com | |
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2008-09 - Coach Greenhalgh returns this year to begin his 4th season with the Wildcats. In his first season with the Wildcats Coach Greenhalgh led his Squirt AA team to a DVHL Championship and has advanced to the Atlantic District tournament in 2006 and 2007. |
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William Kolar - Co- Coach -
william.kolar@wildcatsicehockey.com 2008-2009 - Coach Kolar has coached in the area for the last five years, the last four in Travel programs and at CB East. Having played High School and Junior Hockey in New England, William went west to play at the University of Denver. |
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Charlie Hoffman - Co-Coach -
charlie.hoffman@wildcatsicehockey.com 2008-2009 - Coach Hoffmann is entering his first year with the Wildcats. This past season Charlie was the Assistant Head Coach of the Glaciers Bantam A, providing direct assistance with the offense while overseeing overall team operations. In addition, Charlie was the Head Coach of the Coach Hoffmann received his Level 3 Coaching Certification in 2007 and will be Advanced Level 4 in 2008. |
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| Joe Chimera- Head Coach - nick12197@yahoo.com | |
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2008-2009 - Coach Chimera is entering his 2nd season
with the Wildcats and was Assistant Coach of the Squirt AA team in
2007-08. Prior to Wildcats he head coached for 3 seasons at the Mite
and Squirt levels. Originally from the Buffalo, NY area, he played
hockey at various levels including High School and State County
Leagues. His hockey experience extends over 30 years and he
still enjoys playing in local area men's leagues. His goals are to teach
and instill the love for the game in his players so they will continue
to play and enjoy the sport for a lifetime.
Coach Chimera received his Level 3 Coaching Certification in 2007 and
will be Level 4 certified in 2008
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Ken Doak - Head Coach
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ken.doak@wildcatsicehockey.com 2008-09 Coach Doak enters his 2nd season with the Wildcats. In the 2007 season Ken led his team to a second place finish in the DVHL with a 16-1-2 record. Ken brings a lot of enthusiasm to the club as he loves to teach and play the game of Hockey. Ken's goals are to instill teamwork and self confidence as well as having fun. Ken will be assisted this year by Charlie Pens of American Hockey Schools, Charlie is a power skating instructor who brings years of expertise in teaching the dynamics of skating and stick handling. |
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TBA - Head Coach
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Dave Fabiszewski- Head Coach
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