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Institution Team Contacts Location Kamloops, BC, Canada General Manager Chris Hans Website www.tru.ca Years as General Manager 4 Email [email protected] Founded 1970 Enrollment 10,000 Assistant General Manager Steve Blundell President & Vice-Chancellor Dr. Alan Shaver Years as Assistant General Manager 1 School Colours Royal Blue & Sage Head Coach Don Schulz Director of Athletics Kenneth Olynyk Years as Head Coach 3 [email protected] 250.828.5273 Assistant Coach Kevin Johnston Athletics Website www.tru.ca/athletics Years as Assistant Coach 2 Twitter @123wolfpack Assistant Coach Andrew Fisher Men’s Hockey Program Years as Assistant Coach 1 Nickname WolfPack Mascot Wolfie Assistant Coach Terry Bangen Years as Assistant Coach 3 WolfPack Colours Black, Orange & White Affiliation BC Intercollegiate Hockey League Goaltending Coach Richie Kohorst Home Ice Memorial Arena Years as Goaltending Coach 2 Athletics Contacts Strength & Conditioning Coach Greg Kozoris Sports Information Officer Larry Read Years with team 4 Phone 250.377.6117 Fax 250.371.5672 Stretching Coach Shane Mainprize Email [email protected] Years with team in this capacity 1 Blackberry 250.819.5255 Equipment Manager Jeremy Salamandyk Athletic Therapist & Trainer Kevin Brechin Years with team 2 250.314.5000 [email protected] Photos: Andrew Snucins, Larry Read, Allen Douglas Athletics & Recreation Jon Shephard and George Wycherly Assistant Facility Coordinator 250.371.5670 [email protected] Athletics & Recreation Secretary Camilla Dahl 250.828.5009 [email protected] TRU WolfPack Information 2013 Thompson Rivers University WolfPack Men's Hockey The WolfPack begins another BC Intercollegiate Hockey League Wolff will be one of three new faces in the TRU goal this year along season with a lot of new faces. There are only 10 players who helped with Mark Menicucci(Surrey, BC) and Chris Solecki (Burns Lake, BC). Thompson Rivers to a third place finish in the BCIHL in 2012-13 back Menicucci backstopped the Aldergrove Kodiaks (PJHL) last season for the start of this campaign. while Solecki played with the KIJHL Fernie Ghost riders. Four of them are on the blue line including second year players: Menicucci is one of three WolfPack recruits moving to the Interior Blake Moynes (Burlington, ON) Ben Bula (Kamloops, BC) and Scott from Aldergrove. The others are Daniel Higgs (Langley, BC) and Ryan Bollefer (Lake Lenore, SK) along with third year forward Travis Herlein Veillet . The ‘Pack also has two players who were teammates with the (Calgary, AB) who is being converted to defense. PJHL Delta Hawks: Ryan Cuthbert (Richmond, BC) and Alex Martin Up front: Jake Howardson (Pitt Meadows, BC), ), Anthony Delong (Cloverdale, BC) . (Castlegar, BC).Josh MacDonald (Calgary, AB) along with Duncan And they have two former Nelson Maple Leafs (KIJHL) in Cameron Schulz and Tyler Jackson ( both Kamloops, BC) will be expected to Weir (New Westminster,BC) and Colton Schell (New Westminster, BC). produce more offense. Former BC Hockey League players now wearing the orange, black General Manager Chris Hans and head coach Don Schulz did a lot and white of Thompson Rivers are Sean Maktaak (Penticton BC- of recruiting in the Pacific International Junior Hockey, Kootenay Merritt Centennials), Richard Vanderhoek (Langley,BC-Cowichan International Junior Hockey and BC Hockey League, and feel they Capitals), Tyler Berkholtz (Penticton, BC-Trail Smoke Eaters) and Silvan have improved the team at every position. Harper (Coquitlam, BC-Merritt Centennials). They also received two transfers from BCIHL champion Selkirk Schulz will have Kevin Johnston back as his primary assistant coach College, Stephen Wolff (Logan Lake, BC) and Brodie Gibbon this season along with former captain Andrew Fisher. Steve Blundell (Parksville, BC). has moved upstairs to assume the role of Assistant General Manager. Thompson Rivers University WolfPack Head Coach Don Schulz Schulz became the WolfPack’s third head coach in as many years in June 2011. He played with and was assistant coach for the Cariboo College Chiefs in the 1980s. The Chiefs competed in the CCAA Nationals four years in a row. He also led the Kamloops Jardine’s “AAA” Bantam Blazers to a successful season in 2010-11, including winning the prestigious Kamloops International Bantam Ice Hockey Tournament. This is his third season behind the bench of the WolfPack. Assistant Coach Kevin Johnston Kevin is entering his second year as an assistant coach with the Wolf Pack hockey team. A coaching product from the Kamloops Minor Hockey Association, Kevin Coached 15 years at various levels as a head and assistant coach. His playing career included Junior hockey in Ontario and CIAU hockey in the Western Conference with University of British Columbia (after head coach Don Schulz). Kevin is a Forester and continues to work in the forestry profession. Assistant Coach Andrew Fisher Andrew is starting his first year as an assistant. He played three seasons with the WolfPack (2009-12). He was the winner of the TRU Athletics Sports Task Force Athlete of the Year in his final year of eligibility(2011-12). Andrew was a BCIHL all-star that year as well. He is a graduate of the TRU Police and Justice program. Assistant Coach Terry Bangen Terry has a long and storied past with the TRU hockey program. He was the former head coach and assistant athletic director of Cariboo College and the University College of the Cariboo in the 1980s and early 1990s. He is a former assistant coach of the WHL Kamloops Blazers, the NHL Vancouver Canucks and New York Rangers. In recent years, he was the Director of Player Development with the WHL Tri Cities Americans. Don Schulz was one of his scouts. Terry still does some work with the Americans. TRU WolfPack Coaching Staff General Manager Chris Hans Hans has been with the WolfPack hockey program since its inception. He was the team’s first coach in 2009-10, before moving into a director’s role with the Kamloops Collegiate Hockey Society. He returned last season as the general manager. He has coached many different levels of hockey including professionally overseas. Assistant General Manager Steve Blundell Blundell joined the WolfPack in September 2012. He is taking an assistant general manager’s position this season. Steve has 18 years of coaching experience with the Kamloops Minor Hockey Association from Initiation “C” to Midget “AAA.” Blundell coached with WolfPack head coach Don Schulz in Bantam “B” hockey in 2004. He is an employee with Tolko Industries. Strength & Conditioning Goalie Coach Assistant Conditioning Coach Greg Kozoris Richie Kohorst Coach Shane Mainprize This is Kozoris’ fifth year with the ‘Pack. This is Kohorst’s second year as goalie 2013-14 is the first for Shane in this capacity. He is a former college goalie who owns the coach. He is the owner/operator of He was one of the WolfPack goaltenders Acceleration High Performance Program Pro Active Goaltending. for two seasons (2011-13). He is a former in Kamloops. He currently works with a BCHL goalie with the Merritt Centennials number of NHL players including Phoenix and grew up in Valemount, BC. Coyotes Captain Shane Doan. TRU WolfPack Coaching Staff Front Row: (l-r) Mark Menicucci, Kevin Johnson (Asst. Coach), Josh MacDonald, Tyler Jackson, Don Schulz (Head Coach), Stephen Wolff, Chris Hans (General Manager), Ben Bula, Duncan Schulz, Steve Blundell (Asst. GM), Chris Solecki Second Row: (l-r) Jeremy Salamandyk (Equipment Mgr), Jake Howardson, Brandon Wright, Steven Pantazopoulos, Anthony Delong, Ryan Cuthbert, Travis Herlein, Scott Bollefer, Alex Martin, Sean Maktaak, Blake Moynes, Cameron Weir, Ryan Veillet, Brodie Gibbon, Andrew Fisher (Asst. Coach) Top Row: (l-r) Daniel Higgs, Kevin Nielsen, Alex Smith, Colton Schell, Tyler Berkholtz, Richard Men's Hockey Vanderhoek, Sylvan Harper No. Name Position Hometown 1 Stephen Wolff Goal Logan Lake, BC 2 Sean Maktaak Forward Penticton BC 3 Alex Martin Defence Surrey BC 4 Scott Bollefer Defence Lake Lenore SK 5 Richard Vanderhoek Forward Langley BC 6 Silvan Harper Forward Coquitlam BC 7 Ben Bula Defence Kamloops BC 8 Duncan Schulz Forward Kamloops BC 9 Ryan Cuthbert Defence Richmond BC 10 Anthony Delong Forward Castlegar BC 11 Ryan Veillet Forward Cloverdale, BC 12 Tyler Jackson Forward Kamloops BC 13 Kevin Nielsen Forward West Vancouver BC 14 Brandon Watson Forward Keremeos BC 16 Travis Herlein Defence Calgary AB 17 Jake Howardson Defence Maple Ridge BC 18 Brodie Gibbon Forward Parksville BC 19 Josh MacDonald Forward Calgary AB 20 Blake Moynes Defence Burlington ON 21 Steven Pantazopoulos Forward Kelowna BC 22 Alex Smith Forward Maple Ridge BC 23 Cameron Weir Defence Kelowna BC 24 Daniel Higgs Forward Langley BC 25 Colton Schell Forward New Westminster BC 29 Chris Solecki Goal Burns Lake BC 33 Mark Menicucci Goal Surrey BC 39 Tyler Berkholtz Forward Penticton BC Head Coach Don Schulz Asst Coach Kevin Johnston Asst Coach Andrew Fisher Asst Coach Terry Bangen Goaltending Coach Richie Kohorst Strength & Conditioning Coach Greg Kozoris Stretching Coach Shane Mainprize Equipment Manager Jeremy Salamandyk TRU WolfPack Roster 1 STEPHEN WOLFF Logan Lake, British Columbia (Kwalicum Secondary) 6'3" Goal 1st year (Arts) 23 years old (September 20, 1990) Parent’s names: Ellen & Ron Stephen transferred to Thompson Rivers this summer along with former Selkirk Saints Brodie Gibbon. Stephen grew up in nearby Logan Lake but his parents moved to Qualicum Beach, BC. He appeared in six games last year with the BCIHL Champs and won all six with a goals against average of 2.62 and had a save percentage of .913. Stephen credits his parents for being his biggest influences because they did so much for him during his life and worked hard for him to get where he is today. He loves to read and enjoys golf. His favorite movie is Black Hawk Down because he likes war films. His favorite food is chicken.