NASHVILLE JR. PREDATORS 2021-22 SEASON PROSPECTUS NASHVILLE JR. PREDATORS 2021-22 SEASON PROSPECTUS CONTENTS ___ ABOUT ....................................................................................................................................... 4 LEADERSHIP ........................................................................................................................... 5 COACHES .................................................................................................................................. 6 GIRLS TIER II COACHES ......................................................................................... 7 BOYS TIER II COACHES ........................................................................................ 8 BOYS TIER I COACHES ..................................................................................... 10 ALUMNI ..................................................................................................................................... 11 PLAYER ALUMNI .................................................................................................. 12 USA HOCKEY SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT CHAMPIONS COACHING ALUMNI .......................................................................................... 15 2021 2014 18U BOYS AAA 18U BOYS AAA FACILITIES .............................................................................................................................. 16 16U BOYS AAA 16U BOYS AAA MITE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ................................................................................ 18 19U GIRLS AA 14U BOYS AAA 2020 16U BOYS AA GIRLS TIER II ........................................................................................................................ 20 18U BOYS AAA 14U BOYS AA 19U GIRLS AA 2013 BOYS TIER II .......................................................................................................................... 23 2019 16U BOYS AAA BOYS TIER I .......................................................................................................................... 26 15U BOYS AAA 14U BOYS AAA 2017 2012 PARTNERS & SPONSORS ............................................................................................. 29 14U BOYS AA 16U BOYS AAA 16U BOYS AA 12U BOYS AAA 2016 2011 14U BOYS AAA 16U BOYS AAA 16U BOYS AA 2009 14U BOYS AA 16U BOYS AAA 2015 2007 18U BOYS AAA 16U BOYS AAA 14U BOYS AAA 2005 16U BOYS AA 14U BOYS AAA 14U BOYS AA /// 3 ___ABOUT As the 2020-2021 season comes to an end, we are excited about the success THE JR PREDATORS HOCKEY CLUB our program had throughout an unprecedented season. Entering the third year of The Nashville Jr. Predators Hockey Club is a non-profit partnership between the Jr. Predators, TPH and the Nashville Predators, our goal organization and was established with the goal to allow players of growing hockey in Middle Tennessee looks better and better every year. We are to live at home or close to home, while still competing at the Tier excited about the structural and leadership changes within the organization that will I, Tier II and Tier II Girls level against other top programs in the help guide us to being the premier Tier I and II hockey associations in America. country. Nashville Jr. Predators hockey offers student-athletes access to full time professional hockey coaches. All of this is The Jr. Predators started over 15 years ago with the goal of creating a place for elite done to develop student-athletes for opportunities in hockey, hockey players to play in Nashville. With the growth of the Predators brand over the the classroom and life. Jr. Predators alumni have been drafted to last 22 years and the additions of Ford Ice Center Bellevue and Antioch, Nashville is and/or are playing in the NHL, NCAA, USHL, NAHL, NA3HL, and now a hub for hockey. The additions of future rinks within the next 2-3 years will only CHL. The Nashville Jr. Predators Hockey Club is a program of the help bolster an already growing market. Nashville Elite Hockey Club Inc., a recognized 501c3 tax-exempt, nonprofit corporation. The Nashville Predators are firm believers in growing hockey at all levels. From the first time kids step on the ice through our G.O.A.L. (Get Out and Learn) program, until JR PREDATORS HOCKEY CLUB MISSION the time they are playing their last adult league game, it is our goal to have a place • Provide student-athletes in the Greater Nashville Area the for every hockey player and ice skater. No matter the skill level everyone should be opportunity to develop and compete with a standard of comfortable at one of our facilities. The Nashville Jr. Predators organization provides exceptional attitude, confidence, and work ethic through the the opportunity for the elite hockey players in Nashville to have an opportunity to game of hockey. compete at the highest youth hockey level and wear the Nashville Predators logo • Provide an elite coaching staff specializing in high with pride as they compete across the country. performance training for intense competition, allowing players to fully develop their athletic and team skills. Through the partnership with TPH and the Jr. Predators we are committed to • Provide Jr. Predators athletes with an opportunity to achieve providing an elite, positive, and valuable hockey and life experience here in Nashville their academic and athletic goals throughout high school and and we are glad that you are interested in joining this great organization. college. • Hold Jr. Predators hockey players academically accountable Have a Great Season! and provide a forum where all players can further their leadership and citizenship skills. Danny Butler • Conduct operations with a level of fiscal responsibility, which Vice President and General Manager Ford Ice Center will ensure the viability of the organization for the future. Jack Burk Vice President of Corporate Development Nashville Predators President of the Nashville Jr Predators NASHVILLE JR. PREDATORS 2021-22 SEASON PROSPECTUS ___LEADERSHIP JACK BURK DR. CHRIS THIESING STEVE MILOSEVSKI PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT TRESURER JP DUMONT STEVE JENNINGS KAHLIE SINGLETARY DIRECTOR OF HOCKEY OPERATIONS TIER I DIRECTOR OF HOCKEY OPERATIONS GIRLS DIRECTOR OF HOCKEY OPERATIONS ZACH JACKSON TIM MCALLISTER BRAD SCHELL TIER II DIRECTOR OF HOCKEY OPERATIONS MITE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DIRECTOR ATLANTA DIRECTOR OF HOCKEY OPERATIONS /// 5 NASHVILLE JR. PREDATORS 2021-22 SEASON PROSPECTUS GIRLS TIER II COACHES ___ GIRLS 14U GIRLS 19U Mekenzie Steffen Kahlie Singletary Mekenzie Steffen, a Minnesota native, joins the Jr. Predators following a Kahlie Singletary is entering her 16th season as a U19 coach and 11th sea- successful hockey career with the University of Wisconsin Badgers. While son as a girl’s director in Nashville. Over the past decade, she has coached at Wisconsin, Steffen won a National Championship and was named team Boys Travel and High School, Girls U16 and U19 Tier I and Tier II, and has captain her senior season. She also has experience with USA Hockey as worked with various dryland training programs across the country. she won a gold medal with the US Under-18 National Team in 2015 and was involved in the Under-22 program prior-to graduating from Wisconsin. Kahlie has a passion for giving girls the opportunity to play and train at an elite level while developing female leaders for collegiate hockey and life Steffen graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences and Commu- beyond. She also serves as the Girls/Women’s Committee chair for the nication with a minor in Entrepreneurship and Business Management. She Southern Amateur Hockey Association, where her mission is helping pro- looks forward to focusing on expanding the game of girl’s hockey in her grams create more opportunities for girls to participate in the sport. new city, Nashville, Tennessee. Along with being a level 4 USA Hockey Coach and Certified Functional Strength Coach, she holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Business, and is pursuing her Master’s degree in Agricultural Leadership and Education. Kahlie is a native of Farmington, MN, and resides in Lebanon, TN with her husband Josh. /// 7 BOYS TIER II COACHES ___ BOYS 10U BLUE BOYS 11U Jesse Kessler Carter Penzien Born in Nashville, TN, Jesse grew up playing hockey for the TPH Thunder. Born in New Haven, CT, at the age of 5, Carter moved to Nashville, where he After finishing youth hockey, he played three years of Junior Hockey in the played roller hockey until he was old enough to get on an ice hockey team. North American League before attending Hamline University in St. Paul, He grew up playing for the Total Package Hockey (TPH) program, where MN. Upon completing college, he played two years professionally for the he then went on to play a few years in the NAHL for the Amarillo Bulls and Pensacola Ice Flyers in the Southern Professional Hockey League. managed to claim a National Championship. After Junior hockey, Carter moved on to play for University of Georgia’s Hockey Team, where he helped BOYS 10U GOLD lead the team to 2 SECHC Championships and 3 National Championship Tournament appearances. Carter was selected for the ACHA Select Team Patrick Murray that went to play in the 2019 Universiade Games in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Patrick grew up playing hockey in his hometown, Rochester NY, where he The same year he also claimed the honors of 2019 First Team All ACHA, spent 13 seasons playing in the Webster Cyclones Youth Hockey Program. First Team South