Travis Howe has served as the Head Coach of the Syracuse Stars Jr. A team (Syracuse, NY) which played both in the EJHL (Eastern Junior Hockey League) and the OPJHL (Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League). He formally was the Coaching Coordinator for the Flyers Youth Hockey Club and was the Hockey Director at the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, NJ which is the practice facility for the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers and AHL's Philadelphia Phantoms. He has also run coaches workshops for USA Hockey. Travis has spent many hours scouting with his father Mark Howe (who is the Director of Pro Scouting for the Detroit Red Wings). Travis was a former youth hockey player for the Little Caesars & Compuware Midget AAA organizations.
He is the grandson of Gordie Howe, the son of Mark Howe (former NHL player), and the nephew of Marty Howe (former NHL player and Chicago Wolves Asst. Coach of AHL). Travis currently resides in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
After a career at Clarkson University that saw him score 152 points in 140 collegiate games, Steve went on to play 10 seasons in the NHL with the Chicago Blackhawks Calgary Flames, Nashville Predators and St. Louis Blues.
Originally from Montreal, Quebec, Steve is currently the director of the Glacier Hockey Zone, Chicago's premier year round hockey skills training facility. Steve is also the coaching director of the Cougars youth hockey organization, a nationally recognized youth hockey program based in Chicago.
Originally from Montreal, John played his college hockey career at the University of Maine and the University of Southern Maine.
John was an assistant coach with the Chicago Freeze of the North American Hockey League from 1996-1998. In 1996 and 1997 John was the Head Coach of the Maine All State Juniors and coached the team in the Hannige Junior cup in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1997, John was also the Head Coach for the Midwest Selects (Best 16-18 year old players in the Midwest) in the Czech Challenge Cup in Prague, Czech Republic.
John works with several NHL Agents, NCAA, CHL and US prep school scouting staffs. John has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and is currently the President and Co-Founder of Rhombus Services a nationwide installation & service company based in Philadelphia.
Joe grew up in Lebanon, PA and played his youth hockey as a goaltender in the Hershey Junior Bears organization through Midgets. He joined the University of Scranton Royals varsity hockey team in 1994 while pursuing a Bachelor's of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (1998).
Joe began his coaching career in 1999 with Father Judge (Philadelphia, PA) working with their Jr. Varsity program. In 2001, he started coaching with the Flyers Youth organization (NJ) where he coached at the Bantam level and also served as the goaltending instructor for the entire organization.
As a co-founder of Selects Sports Management, Joe has coached with the organization since 2003, working with our top East and West Coast Selects Spring teams.
He currently serves as the Vice President along with head scout of Selects Hockey and works closely with numerous NCAA, NHL, USHL and CHL programs providing player scouting and evaluation input. Joe currently resides in Mount Laurel, NJ.
Travis Bezio, CPA is originally from Milton, Vermont, played collegiate hockey for the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine. Travis finished his playing career at USM setting nearly every offensive scoring record in school history, many that still stand today. In 2007, Travis was the fifth ice hockey player in school history inducted into the University of Southern Maine athletic Hall of Fame. Following graduation, Travis played a season in Lulea, Sweden.
Following his playing career, Travis was the head coach at class A South Portland High School in Maine, leading his team to new victory records each of his three seasons there. Travis a was a multiple time coach of the year nominee in the Maine Headmasters Association.
Additionally, Travis is a veteran instructor at numerous junior hockey schools and camps.
Mitch Larnerd currently resides in West Berlin, New Jersey. Mitch is the International Director of Selects Training Programs and head coach of the '96 ECS-O team.
Mitch coached for seven years with the Flyers Youth Program and has coached at the Midget through PW. Mitch has coached Tier 1 with Team Comcast as a Head Coach, for the 2009-2010 season. Mitch is currently the asst. coach for the Philadelphia Revolution JR A (EJHL) team. Mitch was a coach for the East Coast Selects '93 team.
Previously, Mitch worked for four years under Vladislav Tretiak as a Head Goalie Instructor. Mitch currently holds a level 4 coaching certification with USA Hockey.
During Mitch's playing years, he was a goalie and played Tier I Hockey for the Philadelphia Little Flyers and Jr. Flyers Jr. B. (Squirt-Jr. B). Mitch participated in the USA Hockey Select 16 camp and program, and played in Hockey Night in Boston (#2 ranked goaltender in Tourney). Mitch then went on to play Junior A in the Skaskatuan Junior A League. Mitch then played for Nichols College and attended the camp for the Detroit Vipers of the old IHL.
Originally from Fargo, North Dakota, Matt played his youth hockey with the Fargo Northside Raiders. Matt moved on to play two years of junior hockey, at the Junior B and Junior A levels, respectively.
Matt began his scouting career at the junior level in 2003. He has worked for the Binghamton Jr. Senators (2003-2005) and the Syracuse Stars of the EJHL (2005-2007), recruiting Michigan players for each program respectively. He currently serves as the Michigan regional scout with the Indiana Ice of the USHL and works closely with Selects Hockey in identifying top prospects for the USHL drafts.
Matt is in his 5th year as both a scout and a coach with Selects Hockey program. He is the head coach of the 98 West Coast Selects team after coaching and recruiting the 94 West Coast Selects (WCS) team for 4 successful springs including several championships
David Pavlik, a native of the Czech Republic, played his youth hockey for HC Moeller in Pardubice. He continued playing in Czech through Junior AAA as a member of the Czech Junior National Team. David chose to pursue opportunities in professional hockey and immigrated to the United States at the age of 18. Before injuries ended his playing career, he played in Europe, Russia and North America.
In 2006, David relocated from Tampa Florida to Vermont. Now focusing on coaching youth hockey, David is the founder and head coach of Vermont Flames Hockey, a summer hockey school dedicated to developing the abilities of players in Central Vermont and surrounding areas.
Jason Nicholetts grew up and played his minor and Junior Hockey in the Hockey hot bed of Thunder Bay Ontario. After his playing days Jason decided to set his sites on developing young Hockey players through Coaching. Jason has worked with the likes of Patrick Sharp, (Chicago Black Hawks) Carter Hutton (University of Massachusetts) and others. Jason has Coached and developed young Hockey Players from the Initiation to Junior Levels, at the AA and AAA level for his entire 15 year Coaching career and is recognized as a Developmental 2 Coach within Hockey Canada NCCP Coaching Citeria. Jason is also an instructor for Norme Lacombes HIT Program and Jeff Serowiks Pro Ambitions camps (www.proambitions.com). He is also an Assistant Coach with Chicago's team Brick. Jason's passion and dedication to development is second to none and he prides himself on motivating and ensuring each kid has a positive experience and develops to their maximum potential.
Sean oversees and manages the Player Management division for Selects Sports Management, Inc. which includes both the Selects Boys and Girls teams in North America and Europe, Selects Hockey Academy, and Selects Sports Advisors.
Prior to joining Selects Sports Management, Inc. full-time in January 2011, Sean owned Capital Sports Advisors from 2009 � 2010. From 2003 � 2009, Sean was the President and Co-Founder of the Portland Jr. Pirates organization in Maine. His responsibilities included overseeing organization, working with the Junior Pirates players on college placement, youth team skill development, and coaching the Junior A and B teams. Sean served as the U.S. Scout for the NHL�s Florida Panthers from 1999 - 2003.
Sean played college hockey at NCAA Division III New England College in Henniker, NH, where he remains one of the school�s all-time leading scorers. Prior to college, Sean played one season with the Junior Bruins of the EJHL. After college, Sean went on to play one season professionally in Germany for EC Pfaffenhofen. After playing professionally in Europe, Sean attended the Massachusetts School of Law in Andover, MA, graduating in 2002.
Tyler played his Minor, Junior and College hockey in Ontario, and once finished playing, began coaching and instructing immediately. Tyler just finished coaching the 1995-born Jr Canadiens Minor Midgets where 3 of the players were drafted in the first round and 11 in total were taken in the OHL Draft. Prior to the 95 Jr Canadiens he coached Jr A, where he was the inaugural coach for the Toronto Jr A Canadiens. Building the club from its infancy, he quickly molded the young team into a winner, combining discipline play (lowest penalized team in the 35 team league) and strong team play, to go 67-34-8 during his tenure.
Prior to coaching Jr A, Tyler took a 1990 born team from Novice all the way through Minor Midget. This team was very strong, winning numerous league, playoff, and provincial championships. From this team their were 7 Team Ontario Under 17 gold medal winners, 5 Canadian Under 18 players, and 3 players (Pietrangelo, Hodgson, and Della Rovere) represented Canada winning gold at the World Jr Championships in 2008. In his 14 years of coaching he has had 33 players go into the OHL, 17 onto NCAA scholarships and 11 drafted into the NHL. He has recently been promoted to President of the Jr Canadiens, as well as Mentor Coach for three local house league programs.
Tyler has been involved with the Selects program for several years, winning numerous championships at various age groups.
Magnus is the Director of European Selects. He has coached highest level of junior and youth hockey in Sweden and Norway. In both countries he has been working with Player Development as his main focus. Magnus grew up playing his youth and part of his junior hockey in Stockholm area. At a young age he moved to Chicago to study and play hockey. He spent 13 years over there. During this time he played and started his coaching that he continued with in Sweden. Magnus has also taken several hockey courses. His hockey coaching experience has helped SelectsHockey in recruiting top Swedish and other European hockey players, and also in assisting our program in coordinating our European tours. Magnus has also worked as a amateur scout for International Scouting Services (ISS).
Magnus is a veteran instructor of the Selects Hockey Elite Camps and has been behind the bench for several showcase championship teams in recent seasons.
Shayne McCosh is a former 1st rounder to the Kitchener Rangers OHL. After a successful junior career with the Kithener Rangers, Windsor Spitfires and Detroit Jr. Whalers, Shayne signed as a free agent with the Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes franchise. Shayne played 2 years of professional hockey in the US before moving over to Europe where he played in the top leagues in Germany, Austria, Italy and England for 9 years.
During that time he assisted in coaching the junior teams in Austria and Italy over the last 4 years of his playing career.
Pittsburgh native Bill Downey played his youth hockey for the Pittsburgh Hornets and went on to play junior hockey for the Chicago Freeze of the NAHL. During his career at Penn State University, Bill won three ACHA National Championships, was team captain his senior year, and represented Team USA at the 2003 World University Games.
Bill, who attended the Pittsburgh Penguins NHL training camp, spent time in minor league hockey for the Wheeling Nailers and Johnstown Chiefs (ECHL) and for the Richmond Riverdogs (UHL). Later, he coached with the Reading Royals (ECHL) and was the hockey director of Team Comcast in New Jersey.
In his current position as assistant coach with Penn State, Bill specializes in working with forwards and executing power play and penalty kill units. Additional responsibilities include video analysis, game strategies, and acting as recruiting coordinator for the program.
Bill currently holds a Level 4 coaching certification with USA Hockey.
Born in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, Felsner attended Lake Superior State University for just over two seasons. After scoring 41 goals in 85 career college games, he remained unsigned and undrafted. Felsner joined the Orlando Solar Bears of the IHL and scored 70 points in his rookie year as a pro.
The Chicago Black Hawks were sufficiently impressed with Felsner's effort in the "I" that they signed him as a free agent at the start of training camp in 1997. Although he wasn't ready for the NHL, the young forward showed some of his potential in a 12-game look during the 1997-98 season. He averaged a point per game in the IHL that year then was traded to the Ottawa Senators in August, 1998.
He first moved to Europe in 2001, playing in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey-Liga for Kassel Huskies. He then played two seasons in the Swedish Elitserien for Linköpings HC and four games in Switzerland's Nationalliga A for the Kloten Flyers before returning to Germany to play for Augsburger Panther. He returned to Elitserien to play for Brynäs IF and then returned to American to play for the Port Huron Icehawks of the International Hockey League before moving to Slovenia to play for Erste Bank Eishockey League team Olimpija Ljubljana.
Ken McKenzie Trophy (U.S.- Born Rookie of the Year - IHL) (1997)
Chris attended and played prep hockey for South Kent School during his Junior and Senior years, followed by 2 seasons in the EJHL.
He began his coaching career in 2002 with the Flyers Youth organization in Southern New Jersey. Over the past 8 years, he has worked with Flyers Youth, Team Comcast, and as an instructor for Cougars Selects.
He coached the Team Comcast U16 Elite team last season and will work with the Team Comcast 2000 AAA team for 2011-12.
Daniel Bochner has spent the last 3 seasons playing professional hockey in Europe ( France , Serbia, Finland ). Prior to his Professional career Daniel spent 5 years playing Junior Hockey in Canada. In addition Daniel has played in 12 IIHF World Championships and the prestigious Spartak Cup Tournament in Moscow, Russia collecting a total of 4 IIHF Medals along the way ( 1 Gold , 1 Silver , & 2 Bronze ).
Daniel brings a wealth of international experience having played, instructed or coached in over 17 country's worldwide .
Adrien grew up playing hockey in Northern BC and has since switched his passion to coaching young athletes. Adrien has been coaching at various levels for the past 16 years. He has coached virtually every level of athlete, from tykes up to Senior mens teams. Adrien has many years coaching and evaluating at the high performance level. Currently, Adrien works with the local Jr. "A" Spruce Kings and is a certified Coach Instructor for BC Hockey.
As the Branch Manager of Cougars Selects - Buffalo, Bill is looking forward to helping develop many young athletes with an intense focus on fundamentals.
His background in hockey is deep, having played his college hockey at The Ohio State University then spending parts of three seasons with the Erie Panthers and Dayton Bombers of the ECHL. Bill's coaching resume is dotted with six years as Assistant Coach at Mercyhurst Preparatory School, three years as an assistant coach with Team Erie U18 AAA, three years as Coaching Director for Erie Youth Hockey, five years as head instructor at the CJ Herb Goalie School and over ten years experience as goalie coach for the Erie Youth Hockey and Chautauqua County Youth Hockey Associations.
Bill is now in his third season as an Assistant Coach / Goalie Coach for the Mercyhurst Lakers Div.1 Men's Hockey Team. He also operates Rage in the Cage - Goalie Training based in Erie, Pa. Bill travels between Erie, Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh giving private lessons, group clinics along with personal evaluations for goaltenders throughout the tri-state region.
Bill and his wife Kathy reside in Harborcreek, Pa with their children Heather and Billy.
Al has 29years experience as a coach from the initiation levels right up to the Midget AAA level and has had the privilege of playing and coaching at several championship levels. Some of notable accomplishments include:
� Inducted into BC Hockey Hall of Fame as a member of the only BC Team to ever win the Air Canada Cup (National Midget Championship).
� Coached the Pee Wee AAA Provincial and Atlantic Champions (Avalon Minor Hockey Association, St. John's Newfoundland)
� Coached and developed several Newfoundland players that have gone on to play in the QMJHL, OHL, BCHL, NCAA and NHL.
Director of Coach and Player Development Richmond Minor Hockey Association.
Director of Hockey Pacific Stars Hockey Academy, Beijing China
Originally from Westfield, MA. Mike played his Junior Hockey in both the U.S. and Canada from 1976-80. In 1980 an off ice injury ended mike's brief playing career.
Mike returns to Selects Hockey after a two year absence. With over 25 years of coaching experience Mike has worked with numerous Youth organizations throughout NY., MA., and CT. Mike was the Director of the Legace Goaltending school from 1996-97 and the Director of Pro Sharp Overspeed skill clinics from 1995-1997. Mike has been a level 4 advanced coach with USA Hockey since 1993 and is also a carded Coach with Hockey Canada. Mike has spent many years coaching in Juniors with the former Northeastern Junior League as well as the EJHL, OPJHL and is currently the Owner, General Manager and Coach of the Syracuse Stampede that will begin play in 2011-2012 in the IJHL Junior A.
