2009-10 Coaches

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2009-10 - Coach Matt Montagna will enter his 6th 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.  This past season his 16AA team advanced to the Silver Sticks Finals in Sarnia, Ontario. Over the last three seasons Matt has led his teams to a combined  record of 49-17-7 in league play.   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.

2009-10 Coach Bill George will be entering his 4th  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 played four years of Varsity hockey at William Tennent High School from 1996-2000. Coach Bill went onto to play 5 years at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he served has the captain for his final 4 seasons while leading them to the ACHA National Tournament in three of those years.

2009-10- Coach Jeff Montagna will enter his 11th 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.

Mark Montagna - Assistant Coach montagna@wildcatsicehockey.com

2009-10 - Coach Mark Montagna will enter his 19th season as a coach in the DVHL.  Mark has coached at mite through midget over his tenure and has spent the last 5 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.

Craig Dal Farra - Head Coach - craig.dalfarra@wildcatsichockey.com
2009-10 Craig DalFarra began his ice hockey career in the 1970s.  In high school he was the goalie for Council Rock High School, and in college he played for Merrimack College, an ECAC independent Division I school.

After college Coach DalFarra continued his involvement in hockey by volunteering his time and experience to develop future ice hockey players.  He served as assistant coach and goalie coach for Council Rock High School (1990 to 1994), and was head of goalie coaches for the Little Flyers organization (1994); he served as the assistant coach and goalie coach for the Bucks County Generals Junior B team (1995 to 1997); he returned to Council Rock High School as assistant coach and goalie coach (2001 to 2004); he assisted the Wintersport Atoms team in 2003; and finally, he served as assistant coach at the mite, squirt, and pee wee levels for the Glaciers organization (2004 to 2009). 

Coach DalFarra holds a USA Hockey Level III certification.