2010-11 Coaches

Midget 18AA

2010-11 - Coach Matt Montagna will enter his 7th season as a Head coach in the DVHL and his 2nd as head coach of the Midget Major 18AA.  Last season Matt led his Midget Major team to the 2010 US National Tournament QuaterFinals, he holds the distinct honor of being the first coach in the history of the club to do so. In his first season Coach Matt led his 2004-05 Midget Minor team to the DVHL Playoffs, in the past two season his teams have made two trips to the Silver Sticks Finals in Sarnia, Ontario and to the Atlantic District playoffs. Over the last four years Matt has led his teams to a combined  record of 68-22-9 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 and is 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.

2010-11 Coach Bill George will be entering his 5th year with the Wildcats and the Wildcats Midget Program. 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.

2010-11- Coach Jeff Montagna will enter his 12th season as a Coach in the DVHL, last season he led his team to the 2010 Atlantic District Championship finals.  Jeff has coached at the Peewee, Bantam and Midget Minor/Major Levels over his tenure and has spent the last 4 years at the Midget Minor level.  

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

2010-11 - Coach Mark Montagna will enter his 20th season as a coach in the DVHL.  Mark has coached at mite through midget over his tenure and spent 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.

2010-11 Coach John Fields has been coaching for 25 years and has worked with teams from Mini Mite to Junior "B". Over the years John has coached many teams to districts, Silver Sticks Championships and has been to the US Nationals with the Philadelphia Little Flyers Junior "B" as an assistant.

Coach Fields has held positions with Tier 1, Tier 2 and High School Varsity teams which include the Philadelphia Little. Flyers, Valley Forge Minutemen, Old York Road, CEC, Germantown Academy and Pennsbury High School.

John G. Fields - Assistant Coach