Brian Payne : Director Brian's reputation is one of technical excellence worldwide. He has trained players from the U.S.A., Finland, Sweden, Canada, Australia, and Czech Republic. He is regarded by many as one of the most influential and motivating coaches for high school hockey players. Former players of Brian have played for preparatory schools such as Exeter Academy, Philips Andover Academy, Deerfield Academy, Avon Old Farms, and Governor Dummer Academy to name a few. Coach Payne develops his players into highly skilled, motivated hockey players with a strong sense of sportsmanship. Brian has a strong relationship with various preparatory schools, collegiate, and professional organizations. John Butler Head Coach : Marlborough High John's coaching resume is full of accolades and championships. As the head coach at Marlborough High School for the last 19 seasons, the Panthers have captured the Roy Conference Championship (2 yrs), Quinn Conference Championship (3 yrs), and the Midland Championship (2 yrs). Last year Marlborough H.S. captured the Central Mass Championship and played for the State Championship, eventually losing to Bourne High School in overtime. John's understanding of the game and his ability to relate to his players has helped John to develop some of the finest players in the game. West Point, Bowdoin, Babson and Plasttsburgh State are just a few colleges that Marlboro players have attended over the years. Laurie Baker Mutch Laurie's hockey career is one that every aspiring young female hockey player would dream of. After a brilliant career at Lawrence Academy, Laurie attended Providence College where is exploded into stardom as she totaled 48 points in 30 games and was named the ECAC Rookie of the Year. In her second season as a Friar, Laurie continued to dominate the game, as she notched 68 points in 29 games, finishing second in the ECAC in scoring as just a sophomore. Following her sophomore season, Laurie joined the U.S. Women's National Team and participated in the 1997 IIHF Women's World Championship where she scored 2 goals and assisted on 4 others for a total of 6 points in 5 games. For her accomplishments during her 1997 season with Friars and Team USA, Laurie was named The USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year. At the 1998 Olympic games, Laurie and her teammates cap off a memorable year by winning the Gold Medal at the Nagano Games. In May of 2000, Laurie graduated from Providence College and decided to take a break from the game. However, as the 2002 Olympics approached in Salt Lake City, Utah, Laurie came out of retirement and made the US National Team and eventually lead her team to a Silver Medal at the Olympic Games. Currently, Laurie is the head coach at Lawrence Academy in Groton, MA. Ice Works is excited to have Laurie on our staff this year. Rich Dempsey : Strength and Conditioning Coach Rich Dempsey is one of the top young coaches in Prep-School hockey today. He is currently the head coach at the St. George's School in Newport, RI. Last year, St. George's had one of the best years in recent school history, finishing fifth in the New England Prep School Athletic Conference (NEPSAC) post-season tournament. Coach Dempsey played collegiate hockey at Bowdoin College from 1992-1994. During his collegiate career at Bowdoin, Coach Dempsey played in three ECAC hockey championship games, winning the Championship in 1993. As the teams captain his senior year, he helped Bowdoin to its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance, recording one of the best records in the college's history. Alex Moody Instructor Success has followed Alex throughout his brilliant hockey career. Recently, Alex coached with Andy Murray (Current Head Coach - LA Kings) at Shattuck St. Mary's School in Fairbault, MN. Last year, Alex accepted the head coaching position at the Brooks School in Andover, MA. In his first year Alex lead his team to the New England Prep School Tournament. As a player, Alex's career was full of accomplishments. While playing in the USHL for the Madison Capitals, he was voted as the Player of the Year and the team's MVP. At Colby College, Alex once again was recognize for his brilliant play as he was selected as an ECAC All-Star, Two Time MVP, and was an Honorable Mention for the All American Team. Tommy Menicci : Director of On-Ice Programs Tommy Menicci represents the type of player that Ice Works strives to produce through its camps. His outstanding career began at St. Anselm College where he played four years of varsity hockey and received numerous awards and accolades. Following his days at St. Anselm, Tommy embarked on a professional career that continues to this day. From 1995-1997, Tommy played for the Huntington Blizzard of the East Coast Hockey League. His time in Huntington was capped by the league naming him Defenseman of the Year for the 1996-1997 season. Tommy credits much of his success in Huntington to the coach of the Blizzard, John Brophy, a former coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. In 1997 Tommy traveled to Arizona to play for the Phoenix Mustangs of the West Coast Hockey League. After a two-year tour of duty with the Mustangs, he headed north and spent the 1999-2000 season playing for the Idaho Steelheads of the WCHL. In Idaho, Tommy played for former Buffalo Sabre goaltending great Clint Malarchuk. Thee 2000-2001 season saw Tommy return to the sough where he patrolled the blue line for the Cotton kings of the Western Professional Hockey League. Again, he received top-notch coaching, this time from former Dallas Stars Assistant Coach Phil McDonald. During the 2002 season, Tommy returned to his New England roots and played for the New Haven Knights of the United Hockey League. Leading Tommy and the Knights during the past season was Paul Gillis, a ten year N.H.L. veteran of the Hartford Whalers and Quebec Nordiques. Currently, Tommy is playing for the Quad City Mallards in the United Hockey League, where he's been an All-Star for the past two seasons. Kevin Magnani Head Coach : Worcester Academy Coach Magnani's hockey career exploded at Holy Cross in the early nineties where he was awarded the teams 7th Player Award and currently ranks 6th of all time in save percentage and minutes played. Over the past 10 years, Coach Magnani has worked for the Brett Harkin's Hockey School, Ed Walsh Goaltending School and was the former director at the Skills and Drills Hockey School. Kevin is currently the head coach at the Worcester Academy. Brian Akashian : Assistant Coach : Holy Cross College Brian comes to Ice Works "Elite Hockey Training" after leading Holy Cross College to a 22-9-4 record, a first place finish in the Atlantic Hockey Association and their first appearance in the NCAA playoffs. Brian's responsibility at Holy Cross includes: recruiting and mainly focuses on the ice with the special teams. During Akashian's four-year career, he appeared in 102 games for Holy Cross and helped lead the Brusaders to the MAAC Championship in 1999. Following his junior season, Akashian was named the recipient of Crusader's Seventh Player Award. Ice Works 'Elite Hockey Training' scored when Brian decided to join our team. Larry Rocha : Head Coach: Valley Junior Warriors Larry started his brilliant coaching career in 1987 as an assistant coach at Lawrence Academy. In 1988, Larry was offered the head coaching job at the Brooks School, where he eventually turned a struggling program into a New England Prep School Tournament team in 1993. Larry was then lured away by the Berkshire School in 1996 to rebuild the floundering Dev.I program. Within a 7 year time frame, Larry rebuilt Berkshire into one of the Elite Div.I programs winning the league championship in 2001 and named Coach of the Year in 2000-2001. Currently, Larry coaches for the Valley Junior Warriors. Alan Langton : Instructor Alan Langton is another of the fine defensemen on the Ice Works staff. Alan began his career at the Bishop Connelly School in Freetown, Massachusetts where he was twice named a Hockey Night in Boston All-Scholastic and three times received all league honors. After starring at Bishop Connelly, Alan matriculated to Concordi a University in Montreal. He played four seasons at Concordia and received a number of awards for his tremendous play. In both his junior and senior seasons Alan was named a Canadian Interscholastic Athletic Union first team all-star. He also received Academic All-Canadian honors for both of those seasons. During Alan's senior year, he was named a finalist for the All-Canadian Award, Canada's version of the Hobey Baker Award. Brett Peterson : Instructor (Florida Everglades (ECHL)) While attending Cushing Academy, Brett led his team to the New England Prep School Championship in 1998 and to a very impressive 30-3 record in 2000. During his tenure at Cushing, he was named the “Best Pro Prospect” at the 1998 Hockey Night in Boston summer tournament and was also selected to attend the Select 15, 16 and 17 USA festival camps. Following his stellar prep school career, Brett played his college hockey at Boston College. During his freshman year, Brett and his teammates won their first National Championship in 51years by beating North Dakota in double overtime. Currently, Brett is playing for the Florida Everblades of the ECHL. Greg Gallagher : Pro-Player (Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)) Greg Gallagher comes to Ice Works after a brilliant career at Hobart and Williams Smith College where he captained his team to a 20-8 record, and the programs first NCAA Division II tournament semifinals appearance. Over Greg's four year career at Hobart, his team established a winning percentage of .646 (63-32-11), the best in college history. Individually, Greg has capture various awards including the most prestige's award in Hockey as he was named as an All-American following his senior year. Currently, Greg is playing for the Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) which is an affiliate of the (NHL) Montreal Canadians. Chris Heaney : Head Coach (Framingham State College) Coach Heaney is another tremendous asset among the Ice Works coaching staff. Currently, Chris is the head coach at Framingham State College after serving as an assistant coach during the 2004-05 season when the Rams advanced to the quarterfinals of the ECAC Northeast Tournament. As the defensive coach for the Rams, Coach Heaney’s defensive unit only allowed 54 goals throughout the year, ranking them 5th amongst the conference. The Rams penalty kill unit was also tough to penetrate as they also ranked 5th in the conference. Chris also served as the Rams ice hockey recruiting coordinator for the 2004-05 season. Heaney played his college hockey at Norwich University. Kevin Zifcak : Head Coach (Assumption College) Kevin Zifcak is one the leading and most sought after clinicians in the Northeast. Kevin built Worcester Academy from a JV program to a competitive Division II varsity program in just 4 years. In 2004-2005, the Hilltoppers compiled a 19-6-1 record at the varsity level and appeared in the New England Prep Division II semifinal game. Due to his tremendous success at Worcester Academy; Kevin was hired at Assumption College to rebuild their hockey program. Kevin played collegiate hockey at Bowdoin College. During his fours years at Bowdoin, his Polar Bear won 66% of their games compiling a record of 70-29-6, advancing to the ECAC Championship game 3 years and to the NCAA National Quarterfinals in 1997.