FIND A REGIONAL MANAGER
The ADM Regional Managers come from all parts of hockey.
One was a two-time Olympian. Another was a decorated Air Force officer with high-level hockey experience. There are two former Division 1 college coaches and a former NHL coach who helped create the National Team Development Program. Their role will be to provide information and assistance to the association leaders, coaches and parents at the grassroots level as it pertains to the ADM.
Michele Amidon
Joe Doyle
Guy Gosselin
Roger Grillo
Jim Hunt
Bob Mancini
Scott Paluch
Ken Martel
MICHELE AMIDON
Manager, ADM
Female Hockey
207-841-4825 c
michelea@usahockey.org
Michele Amidon began her duties as USA Hockey's first-ever director of women's hockey in August 2006. She held this position until being named regional manager of the American Development Model in August 2010. In this role, Amidon helps provide a blueprint for optimal athlete development focusing on age-appropriate training utilizing long-term athlete development principles.
In early 2008, after Amidon had been in her role with the National Governing Body for just a year and a half, Team USA captured gold medals at both the International Ice Hockey Federation World Women's U18 Championship and the IIHF World Women's Championship. Then, at the 2008 Women's Four Nations Cup, Team USA earned its first championship since 2003. In 2009, both the U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team and the U.S. Women's National Team successfully defended their World titles. Her tenure culminated at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, where she oversaw the women's team as it garnered the silver medal. She is currently a member of the IIHF women's committee (term 2008-2012).
A former U.S. Women's National Team player, Amidon spent eight seasons (1998-2006) as the highly successful head coach of the Bowdoin College women's ice hockey team. During her nine seasons at Bowdoin – eight as head coach and one as an assistant coach – Amidon led the Polar Bears to unrivaled success. She guided the team to a 140-52-12 overall record, which included four NCAA tournament appearances, two New England Small College Athletic Conference championships and four NESCAC championship-game appearances.
Bowdoin began its rise to national prominence during the 2001-02 season, a year in which Amidon guided the Polar Bears to a school-record 23 victories, the NESCAC championship and the school's first-ever appearance in the NCAA tournament. For her efforts, she was honored as the NESCAC Coach of the Year.
The 2002-03 campaign brought even more success, as Amidon guided Bowdoin back to the NCAA tournament and a third-place national finish. That year, she was named both the NCAA Division III Coach of the Year by the American Hockey Coaches Association and the NESCAC Coach of the Year.
Amidon also has coaching experience at the international level, having served as assistant coach with the U.S. National Women's 22 & Under Team that competed in the 1999 Christmas Cup in Fussen, Germany. In addition, she has been involved as a head coach at USA Hockey's Player Development Camps on several occasions.
Amidon has a multitude of international playing experience on her resume, including winning a silver medal as a member of the U.S. Women's National Team at the 1992 IIHF World Women's Championship.
A 1994 graduate of St. Lawrence University, Amidon was a four-year letter winner and three-year captain of the SLU women's ice hockey team. In her first year with the team, she was voted ECAC Rookie and Division III Player of the Year. Named the ECAC Most Valuable Player as a junior and to the ECAC All-Star Team her senior campaign, Amidon was a three-time MVP of the St. Lawrence team and was inducted into the SLU Athletic Hall of Fame in fall of 2009.
JOE DOYLE
Manager, ADM
Rocky Mountain & Pacific Districts, MT, WY
719-331-4058 c
joed@usahockey.org
A 20-year veteran of the United States Air Force and 35-year player, coach, evaluator and volunteer with USA Hockey, Joe Doyle was named a regional director for USA Hockey’s American Development Model in June 2009. He will help provide a blueprint for optimal athlete development focusing on age-appropriate training utilizing long-term athlete development principles for the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Districts.
A native of Boston and member of Boston College High School’s Athletic Hall of Fame, Doyle attended the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., where he played hockey from 1985-89. He ranks among the top-25 all-time point getters in Air Force history, totaling 126 points (57-69) in 110 career games with the Falcons.
He was the team’s Most Valuable Player his junior and senior seasons and was a member of the first group of 12 players inducted into Air Force’s Hockey Hall of Fame.
After graduation in 1989, Doyle remained at the Academy as a graduate assistant coach for the men’s ice hockey program. He also served as an assistant hockey coach at Air Force from 1994-98 and from 2002-06. As a recruiting coordinator from 2002-2006, his efforts led to three consecutive NCAA appearances from 2007-09, the first such appearances in school history. He also recruited the school’s first-ever Hobey Baker Finalist and three All-Americans.
When not coaching, his duties with the U.S. Air Force have been in leadership roles surrounding officer-training programs. He most recently spent time as the director of training for the Air Force ROTC at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Okla., which included a stint in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, where he led the effort to train Iraqi men at Camp Rustamiyah.
Doyle retired in 2009 from an esteemed career with the U.S. Air Force that included multiple Officer of the Year awards. He and his wife, Holly, have four children: Brendan, Drew, Luke and Emma.
GUY GOSSELIN
Manager, ADM
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas & Iowa
719-337-4404 c
guyg@usahockey.org
A two-time U.S. Olympian and member of three U.S. Men’s National Teams, Guy Gosselin joined USA Hockey as a regional manager of the American Development Model in August 2009. He will help provide a blueprint for optimal athlete development focusing on age-appropriate training utilizing long-term athlete development principles for the states of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
Gosselin joined USA Hockey having served as the general manager of the Ozaukee Ice Center in Mequon, Wis., since 1996. There, he was responsible for overseeing all operations, business development and sales, and served as the arena’s youth hockey and camp director.
He helped found the NCAA Division III Concordia University Wisconsin men’s and women’s ice hockey teams, and implemented on- and off-ice youth programs that emphasized total body awareness, nutrition, strength, fitness, ethics, team play and education.
As a player, Gosselin skated for Team USA at the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Winter Games and served as one of the team’s alternate captains during the 1992 Olympic Winter Games in Albertville, France. The defenseman played for the U.S. Men’s National Team at three (1986, 1990, 1991) International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s World Championships and helped lead Team USA to a fourth-place finish in 1991.
Gosselin played professionally for parts of six seasons, including a five-game stint with the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets following the 1988 Olympic Winter Games. In North America, Gosselin skated two seasons (1988-90) with the Moncton Hawks of the American Hockey League and finished his career with the International Hockey League’s Kansas City Blades in 1993-94. He also skated in Sweden for two seasons (1990-91, 1992-93) with Skellftea AIK.
The University of Minnesota Duluth graduate played parts of five seasons (1982-87) with the Bulldogs’ men’s ice hockey team and helped lead them to back-to-back (1984, 1985) Western Collegiate Hockey Association championships and Frozen Four appearances. As captain his senior season, he garnered All-WCHA Second Team and team most valuable player honors.
Gosselin resides in Grafton, Wis.
ROGER GRILLO
Manager, ADM
Massachusetts & New England Districts
719-304-1884 c
rogerg@usahockey.org
A veteran hockey coach with over 20 years of coaching experience at the high school and collegiate levels, Roger Grillo joined USA Hockey as a regional manager of the American Development Model in June 2009. He will help provide a blueprint for optimal athlete development focusing on age-appropriate training utilizing long-term athlete development principles for the Massachusetts and New England Districts.
Grillo joined USA Hockey having spent the previous 12 years (1997-2009) as head coach of Brown University’s men’s ice hockey team. His tenure was highlighted by three straight winning seasons (2002-05) and a 2003 ECAC Hockey final four appearance, the first for Brown since 1994. He was named a finalist for the Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year in 1997-98.
Previously, Grillo served seven seasons (1990-97) as assistant men’s hockey coach at the University of Vermont, where he helped coach the squad to the 1997 ECAC Hockey regular-season title and NCAA tournament appearances in 1996 and 1997. Prior to his stint at Vermont, Grillo was the top assistant at Norwich University for one year (1989-90) and the head coach at Yarmouth (Maine) High School for three seasons (1986-89). He also served as president of the American Hockey Coaches Association from 2003-05.
Grillo has been widely involved in USA Hockey initiatives over the course of his career, including serving as a coach at USA Hockey player development camps over the past 17 years and sharing his wealth of knowledge with up-and-coming coaches as a lecturer at USA Hockey coaching clinics. In addition, he was the head coach of the 2006 and 2007 U.S. Under-18 Select Teams that competed in the Memorial of Ivan Hlinka Tournament.
A 1983 NHL 10th round draft choice of the Vancouver Canucks, Grillo was a member of the University of Maine hockey team for two seasons (1982-84) and was the Black Bears’ top-scoring defenseman as a freshman. During his junior and senior years at Maine, Grillo got his start in coaching, serving as an assistant at Old Town High School in Orono, Maine. He graduated from Maine in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in education and history.
Grillo and his wife, Wanda, reside in North Kingstown, R.I., and are parents of one son, Dominic.
JIM HUNT
Manager, ADM
New York, New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland
201-921-4011 c
jimh@usahockey.org
Jim Hunt joined USA Hockey's American Development Model after spending two seasons as president and director of player personnel of the Eastern Junior Hockey League’s New Jersey Hitmen. His coaching experience includes time at the collegiate, junior, high school and international levels.
Prior to his time with the Hitmen from 2004-09, which included three years (2004-07) as the team’s general manager and head coach, Hunt spent three seasons (2000-03) as the head coach of Fairfield University’s men’s ice hockey team, where he guided the Stags to their best regular-season record in history and first-ever playoff appearance in 2001. He served three years (1997-00) as an assistant coach and assistant director of player personnel with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, and was the general manager and head coach of the New Jersey Junior Devils of the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League from 1992-97.
In addition, Hunt spent eight years (1987-95) as head coach of the Paramus (N.J.) Catholic Boys’ High School’s ice hockey team, and was an assistant coach for Saint Mary’s (Minn.) University from 1985-87 while attending the school. He received his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and psychology from Saint Mary’s in 1987.
Along with his time spent with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, Hunt’s USA Hockey background is extensive. He has served as the director of player development for USA Hockey’s Atlantic District since 1996, and has been a guest speaker for the USA Hockey Coaching Education Program since 1998. Additionally, Hunt served as an assistant coach for the 2008 U.S. National Junior Team and 2006 U.S. Men’s National Under-18 Team.
BOB MANCINI
Manager, ADM
Michigan, Illinois, Missouri
989-780-0515 c
bobm@usahockey.org
With extensive coaching experience in the collegiate, professional and international ranks, Bob Mancini was named a regional manager of USA Hockey’s American Development Model in July 2009. He will help provide local associations in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Missouri with a blueprint for optimal athlete development that focuses on age-appropriate training utilizing long-term athlete development principles.
Mancini joined USA Hockey having spent two seasons (2007-09) as a development coach for the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers. His additional USA Hockey stints included serving as the director of player personnel for the U.S. National Junior Team that earned the silver medal at the 1997 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in Geneva and Morges, Switzerland. He was also an assistant coach at the 1997 and 1998 IIHF Men’s World Championships, the 1998 and 1999 IIHF World Junior Championships and the 1999 and 2000 IIHF Men’s World Under-18 Championships.
Finally, he was a part of USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program from 1997-2000, including serving as an assistant coach during the inaugural 1997-98 season.
In addition to his USA Hockey experience, Mancini served as the general manager and head coach of the Ontario Hockey League’s Saginaw Spirit from 2004-07. He led the Spirit to their first two playoff appearances (2006, 2007) and the team’s most wins and points during the 2006-07 campaign.
Mancini also has experience coaching in the collegiate ranks, having served as the head coach of the Michigan Tech University men’s ice hockey team from 1992-96. While at Michigan Tech, Mancini led the Huskies to three Western Collegiate Hockey Association Final Five appearances. He also was the head men’s ice hockey coach at Ferris State University from 1990-92.
Mancini and his wife, Laura, reside in Saginaw, Mich., and are the parents of one son, Victor.
SCOTT PALUCH
Manager, ADM
Mid-America & Southeast Districts excluding VA, MD and DC
719-339-1425 c
scottp@usahockey.org
Formerly the head coach for Bowling Green State University’s men’s ice hockey team, Scott Paluch joined USA Hockey as a regional manager of the American Development Model in June 2009. He will help provide a blueprint for optimal athlete development focusing on age-appropriate training utilizing long-term athlete development principles for the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, western Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
The Bowling Green graduate spent seven seasons (2002-09) as a head coach for his alma mater, leading the Falcons to their most wins in 13 years in 2007-08. Prior to his time at Bowling Green, Paluch served as an assistant coach at Boston College from 1994-2002. During his time there, the Eagles made four consecutive NCAA Men’s Frozen Four appearances from 1997-2001, and captured the NCAA Division I National Championship in 2001.
The 2008 Illinois Hockey Hall of Fame inductee began his coaching career as an assistant at Bowling Green from 1990-94, during which time he also served as an assistant golf coach and athletic the administration intern.
Paluch also boasts a long history with USA Hockey as both a coach and a player. He served as the head coach for the 2001 U.S. Under-17 Select Team that played in the Under-17 Four Nations Tournament in Prievidza, Slovakia, and was an assistant coach for the U.S. Under-18 Select Team that competed in the 2000 Under-18 Four Nations Tournament in Kezmarok, Slovakia.
In addition, Paluch played for the U.S. National Junior Team that won the bronze medal at the 1986 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in Hamilton, Ont.
Along with his USA Hockey playing experience, Paluch patrolled the blue line for Bowling Green from 1984-88, earning All-America and All-Central Collegiate Hockey Association First Team honors his senior season. He graduated as the Falcons’ all-time leader in goals and points among defensemen. Following his collegiate career, Paluch signed a professional contract with the NHL’s St. Louis Blues, and played two seasons (1988-90) for Peoria, their International Hockey League affiliate.
Paluch and his wife, Amy, reside in Bowling Green, Ohio, and are the parents of three children: Jacob, Casey and Ben.
KEN MARTEL
Director, ADM
719-272-1511 c
719-538-1160 f
kenm@usahockey.org
With 20 years of experience in player development and a long history as a coach and the administrator with USA Hockey, Ken Martel was named the director of USA Hockey’s American Development Model in May 2009. He is charged with helping provide a blueprint for associations nationwide to follow for optimal athlete development.
Martel has spent the last three years (2006-09) at USA Hockey’s national office in Colorado Springs, Colo., working on coaching education and player development projects in the organization’s youth hockey department. Among his accomplishments, he led the organization’s efforts in the development of the highly successful USA Hockey Skills and Drills for the Complete Player and Coach DVD.
Prior to arriving in Colorado Springs, Martel was a part of USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program staff as an assistant coach for eight years (1998-2006), including a dual role with responsibilities for player personnel his final five seasons.
Martel has made appearances behind the bench of nine U.S. teams that have competed in International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships, including four times with the U.S. National Under-18 Team (2000-04), four times with the U.S. National Junior Team (2004, 2006, 2008-09) and once with the U.S. Women’s National Team (2007). He has been part of two gold medal-winning teams, including the first-ever U.S. gold medals in the IIHF Men’s World Under-18 Championship (2002) and the IIHF World Junior Championship (2004).
Among his additional coaching stops, Martel served one season (1997-98) as an assistant coach for the men’s ice hockey program at the U.S. Air Force Academy and seven seasons (1990-97) as an assistant men’s ice hockey coach at Michigan Tech University. He also spent one year (1990-91) as a graduate assistant for the men’s ice hockey program at St. Cloud State University.
A four-year (1985-89) letter-winner as a defenseman at Lake Superior State University, Martel helped the Lakers to the school’s first-ever NCAA national title in 1988.
Martel and his wife, Dawn, reside in Colorado Springs, Colo., and are the parents of children Colin and Cailey.
