USA Hockey Profiles

Sarah Cahill has been a Strength and Conditioning Coach for the U.S. Women’s National Team since August of 2012.

Additionally, Cahill has served as a strength and conditioning coach at Northeastern University, after having spent two years as the head performance specialist at Core Performance Center. The Core Performance Center is a branch of Athletes’ Performance in Santa Monica, Calif.

Prior to her post at Core Performance, Cahill was the strength and conditioning coach for the women’s softball, volleyball, soccer and men’s and women’s tennis teams at the University of Oklahoma. During her first year at OU, the volleyball team flipped its record from 3-18 to 20-3, resulting in the biggest turnaround in Big 12 history. Cahill also guided the top-ranked softball team to a Big 12 championship in 2006.

Cahill holds certifications from both the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association.

Jack Capuano is serving as an assistant coach for the U.S. Men's National Team for the first time in 2024 after previously serving as head coach of the 2021 squad at the IIHF Men's World Championship.

Capuano, who is the associate coach of the NHL's Ottawa Senators, is no stranger to international hockey and is making his fifth appearance as a coach for the U.S. 

He served as an assistant coach for Team USA at the 2017 IIHF Men’s World Championship and at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, and was the head coach of the 2005 U.S. Under-18 Select Team at the Five Nations Cup in Slovakia.

In addition to his time in Ottawa, Capuano’s 25-year professional hockey career has included time in the ECHL, AHL and NHL, including as head coach of the New York Islanders from 2010-17.

He has also had stops with the Florida Panthers, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Pee Dee Pride, Knoxville Cherokee and Tallahassee Tiger Sharks, where he began his post-playing days hockey career as an assistant coach. 

During his seven-plus seasons with the Islanders, Capuano accumulated 227 wins and led the team to the postseason on three occasions. In 2014-15, he led the club to its most wins (47) and points (101) since 1983-84. 

Capuano’s playing career included stints with the Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks and Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL. He also captained the University of Maine to a Hockey East championship and NCAA Frozen Four appearance in 1988.

Reagan Carey became USA Hockey’s director of women’s hockey in August 2010. Her primary focus is the management of the U.S. Women’s National Team Program, including elite development efforts of players and coaches. Carey also serves as general manager for all U.S. women’s teams, including the U.S. Olympic Women's Team.

Team USA has had significant success under her guidance, having earned a pair of medals in Olympic play (2018-gold, 2014-silver). The U.S. Women’s National Team has won five gold medals (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017) and a silver medal (2012) at the IIHF’s Women’s World Championship, and finished first on five occasions (2011-12, 2015-17) and second twice (2010, 2014) at the Four Nations Cup.

Additionally, the U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team has earned five gold medals (2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) and four silver medals (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014) during her tenure.

As part of USA Hockey’s development initiatives, Carey has overseen all aspects of player development camps, tournaments and team operations at all levels.

For the two years prior to joining USA Hockey, Carey was the director of fan development and youth marketing for the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers and NBA’s Atlanta Hawks.

Carey is a member of the IIHF Women’s Committee and is on the Professional Development Council for the American Women’s College Hockey Alliance.

A 2001 graduate of Colby College, Carey played four years of collegiate hockey and volleyball. She was the recipient of the 2010 Colby College Carl E. Nelson Sports Achievement Award.

Greg Carvel is serving as an assistant coach with the U.S. Men’s National Team for the first time. 

Carvel was named the 13th head coach in St. Lawrence hockey history in March 2012 after spending the 2011-12 season splitting coaching duties with associate head coach Mike Hurlbut as then head coach Joe Marsh was away on medical leave. In his three seasons as head coach, Carvel has guided the Saints to a 53-49-11 record. In 2014-15, he led a roster containing 17 underclassmen to a second-place regular-season conference finish and the school’s first 20-win season in seven years. As a result, Carvel was named the recipient of the Tim Taylor Award as ECAC Men’s Coach of the Year and a finalist for the Spencer Penrose Award, which is presented to the national coach of the year in men’s hockey.

Prior to joining his alma mater, Carvel enjoyed 11 seasons in the National Hockey League, where he reached the Stanley Cup Finals twice. From 2005-2011, he was behind the bench as an assistant coach for the Ottawa Senators, who he helped reach the Stanley Cup Final in 2007. He joined the Senators after five seasons with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, who reached the Stanley Cup Final in 2003. During his time in Anaheim, Carvel was a scouting coordinator, video coach, and assistant coach. 

Before reaching the NHL, Carvel spent two seasons as director of hockey operations for the American Hockey League’s Lowell Lock Monsters. He joined Lowell after two seasons as an assistant coach with Amherst College.

As a player, the Pittsburgh Penguins draft pick (22nd overall, 1991 NHL supplemental draft) spent one season with Ostervala in Sweden’s first division. In four seasons at St. Lawrence, from 1989-1993, he recorded 124 points (37-87) and 87 penalty minutes in 124 hockey games. During his career, Carvel was an Academic All-american, voted to the Eastern College Athletic Conference all-rookie team and named best defensive forward in 1992-93, and served as team captain his senior year.

Carvel is a native of Canton, New York, where he resides with his wife, Daina, and their two daughters, Kathryn and Ava. 

Jennifer Chee has served as the the U.S. Women’s National Team Sports and Orthopedics Massage Therapist since April 2011. She is also the Founder and Owner of Massage Fitness, in Colorado Springs, CO.  She was the team massage therapist in Sochi, PyeongChang and Beijing along with ten IIHF Women's World Championships.

Jennifer has been practicing massage therapy since 2005. She moved to Colorado Springs from Austin, Texas in 2007 and started her private practice in 2010. Jennifer has the privilege to work with many elite runners, pro cyclists, triathlon, marathon and ironman athletes, and international/national levels figure skaters.

Jennifer was a member of the team of massage therapists at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, from 2010 to 2020, which provides her with valuable experience working with athletes from different sports and different countries, Olympians and future Olympians.

Chris Chelios is serving as an assistant coach with the 2018 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team. It marks the first time he has served on the coaching staff for an Olympic team.

Chelios previously served as an assistant coach for the 2016 U.S. National Junior Team, helping them capture a bronze medal. Chelios also recently served as an assistant coach for the Detroit Red Wings in 2015-16, after spending five seasons working closely with the Red Wings and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins, to help develop and mentor young players within the organization.

As a player, Chelios represented the United States as a player on 10 different occasions, including four Olympic Winter Games (1984, 1998, 2002, 2006), three Canada Cups (1984, 1987, 1991), two World Cup of Hockey events (1996, 2004) and once at the World Junior Championship (1982). In addition to helping the U.S. win the championship in the inaugural 1996 World Cup of Hockey, Chelios captained the 2002 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team that earned a silver medal at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City.

Elected to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011 and the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2013, Chelios spent 26 seasons in the NHL before retiring as the all-time leader in games played by a defensemen in league history (1,651). The second-round pick (40th overall) of the Montreal Canadiens in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, he won three Stanley Cups (Montreal: 1986; Detroit: 2002, 2008) and was awarded the Norris Trophy three times (1989, 1993, 1996) as the NHL’s best defenseman. His 948 career points (185-793) rank 10th all-time among NHL defensemen. He also won an NCAA national title as a player at the University of Wisconsin in 1983, where he was named to the NCAA all-tournament team.

Chelios lives in the Detroit area with his wife, Tracee. The couple has two daughters, Caley and Tara, and two sons, Dean and Jake. Both Dean and Jake skated for Michigan State University and made their professional hockey debuts in the 2014-15 season.

Matt Chapman is serving as a video coach for the second time after helping the U.S. National Junior Team claim the gold medal a year ago at the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in Montreal and Toronto, Canada.

Chapman is in his 11th season as the coordinator of hockey and video operations at St. Cloud State University. With the Huskies, Chapman oversees all aspects of the team’s video operations and is also responsible for the program’s hockey operations.

A native of Bloomington, Indiana, Chapman joined the Huskies in 2006 as a graduate assistant and was elevated to his current role in 2008. During his time at St. Cloud, the Huskies have reached seven NCAA tournament appearances; one NCAA Frozen Four appearance; two regular-season conference titles (one each: WCHA, NCHC); and one NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship.

A 2006 graduate of Bethel University, Chapman majored in Athletic Training and is a certified athletic trainer. At Bethel, Chapman played one year of hockey and also served as the men’s basketball trainer during the 2005-06 season.

Matt and his wife, Alicia, reside in St. Cloud, Minnesota, with their son, Will.

Phil Cohn spent 2014-15 at USA Hockey's National Team Development Program as the fifth Brendan Burke Intern. His responsibilities included interface with the NTDP, national teams, international events, and player development camps.

Cohn spent the past five seasons (2009-14) with the Union College men's ice hockey program. During the Dutchmen's run to the 2014 NCAA Division I national championship, he worked as the hockey operations coordinator and was responsible for all aspects of team travel, managing video production and distribution, and assisting with on-ice practices. Prior to his stint as hockey operations coordinator, Cohn was a student manager and video coordinator with the program for four seasons (2009-13).

Cohn, who graduated from Union College in June 2013 with a degree in computer science, also worked in the school's sports information department as an intern during the 2012-13 season.

Danton Cole spent the 2015-16 season, his sixth with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, as head coach of the U.S. National Under-18 Team. Previously Cole has guided Team USA to two gold medals (2012, 2014) at the International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s Under-18 World Championship and three top-three finishes at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge (2011, 2013, 2014), the top events in each age group.

Additionally, Cole’s squads have found success in numerous international tournaments, having secured U17 titles at the Four Nations (2010, 2012) and Vlad Dzurilla (2011) tournaments. While leading the U18s, the U.S. has placed first three times in major competitions: twice at the Four/Five Nations (2011, 2015) held annually in November and once at the Five Nations (2014) tournament held annually in February.

The Pontiac, Michigan, native’s first taste of international coaching came with the U.S. Under-18 Select Team at the 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup, where he served as assistant coach. He would assume that same role in 2013 for the bronze-medal winning U.S. Men’s National Team at the IIHF Men’s World Championship. Cole also worked behind the bench as assistant coach for Team USA at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship.

A four-year standout at Michigan State University, Cole helped the Spartans claim the 1986 NCAA Division I national championship. Over his collegiate career with Michigan State, Cole was recognized with the 1989 Big Ten Medal of Honor and was recognized three times as a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association All-Academic Team. For his efforts, Cole was honored with the 2012-13 Distinguished Spartan Award.

Cole was a member of the U.S. Men’s National Team three times (1990, 1991, 1994) and earned outstanding player of the 1991 IIHF Men’s World Championship. A seven-year NHL veteran who skated with five teams (Winnipeg, New Jersey, Tampa Bay, New York Islanders, Chicago) over his career, the forward earned a Stanley Cup with the Devils in 1995.

Shane Connelly served as an assistant coach of the U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select Team that placed fourth at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, having previously served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Under-17 Men's Select Team that won first at the 2017 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament.

Connelly spent this last year working his first full season as the director of operations for the men's ice hockey team at the University of Wisconsin. He filled the position in December of 2016 on an interim basis before being hired full time and handles travel arrangements, amongst other things, for the team. 

A former Badger (2005-09), Connelly was a goaltender, finishing his collegiate career with a 41-36-11 record, while ranking among the school’s top-five goaltenders all-time with a 2.39 goals-against average, .913 save percentage and eight shutouts. He also represented the United States at the 2003 U-17 Five Nations Tournament along with the 2004 Junior World Cup.
    
During his time with the Badgers, Connelly was a member of the 2006 NCAA National Championship team and started the Frozen Tundra Hockey Classic played outdoors at Lambeau Field, winning 4-2 over Ohio State. His 43-save shutout against North Dakota on Nov. 10, 2007 ranks third for the most saves by a Badger goaltender in a shutout.

He would go on to play 74 games in the ECHL, finishing his professional career with an .890 save percentage and 3.26 goals against average.

Prior to rejoining the Badgers, Connelly gained experience as an assistant coach with the USHL's Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (2014-17) and the director of hockey operations at Bowling Green State University (2011-13).

Nicholas Cortese is serving as the equipment manager for the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team at the 2023 IPH Cup in Ostrava, Czechia. Cortese has previously served as the team's equipment manager at the 2023 3-game series against Canada in El Mira, Ontario.

A native of Boynton Beach, Fla., Cortese is a 2019 graduate of the University of Florida, where he worked in operations for the athletic department. 

Cortese has previously worked at USA Baseball, and is currently an underwriter at AmeriSave. 

The head coach of the 2019-20 U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team, Crowell recently led the team to a gold medal at the 2020 IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia, defeating Canada, 2-1, in overtime to extended Team USA's unprecedented medal streak to 13 medals in the event. She served as head coach when the team brought home silver from the 2019 tournament in Obihiro, Japan. 

Crowell also served as the U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team associate coach in 2017-18 and assistant coach in 2015-16. In both of those seasons, Team USA has taken home gold medals from the IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championship. Crowell has additional experience with USA Hockey, having also coached at USA Hockey Women's National Festivals, and during the 2018, 2017 and 2015 Under-18 Series against Canada. 

Crowell completed her fourth season as head coach at the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2018-19. After helping the Bulldogs reach the NCAA playoffs for the first time since 2011 during the 2016-17 season, Crowell was recognized as the USCHO Division I Women's Coach of the Year, CCM/AHCA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Coach of the Year and WCHA Coach of the Year.

Prior to joining the University of Minnesota Duluth, Crowell spent five seasons as part of the Harvard University women's hockey team coaching staff. During her time with the Crimson, Harvard reached the NCAA tournament three consecutive seasons (2013-15). Crowell also led the University of Massachusetts-Boston women's hockey team for five years from 2005-10, finishing her time there as UMass Boston's all-time winningest coach. For her efforts during the 2009-10 season, Crowell was named ECAC Coach of the Year. She also served two seasons as assistant coach at Connecticut College, where she began her coaching career in 2003. As a player, Crowell was a member of the Colgate University women's ice hockey team. 

Matt Curley is serving as assistant coach for the U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select Team for the first time, but is no stranger to international competition.

Most recently, Curley served in the same role for the 2021 U.S. Under-17 Men’s Select Team at the U17 Five Nations Tournament where the U.S. captured the championship. Curley also served as an assistant coach of the U.S. Under-18 Team during the 2011, 2013 and 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation Under-18 Men’s World Championships, helping the team to a gold medal in 2011.

Curley recently finished his first season behind the bench for the Des Moines Buccaneers after three years as head coach at the University of Alaska Anchorage (2018-21).

Before taking over at Alaska Anchorage, Curley spent three seasons as the head coach of the Alps Hockey League’s EC Red Bulls Juniors team in Salzburg, Austria (2015-18). In his final season as head coach, Curley led the Red Bulls to a playoff berth and a seventh-place finish out of 17 teams with a 23-17 record.

Curley also spent the 2013-15 seasons as an assistant coach with the men’s hockey program at Bentley University where he worked primarily with the team’s defensive and penalty kill corps and assisted with recruiting efforts. Prior to his time at Bentley, Curley served as an associate head coach with the Indiana Ice of the United States Hockey League (2012-13).

Curley began his coaching career with a two-year stint as an assistant coach with USA Hockey's National Team Development Program during the 2010-12 campaigns, working with both the U.S. National Under-17 and Under-18 Teams during his time at the NTDP.

As a player, Curley was a four-year letter winner at Clarkson University from 2003-07, where he helped the Golden Knights to the ECAC Hockey title and a berth in the NCAA tournament in 2007. He then went on to play two seasons (2007-09) of professional hockey.

Matt Chapman is serving as video coordinator for a U.S. National Junior Team for the first time.

Chapman begins his 11th season as the coordinator of hockey and video operations at St. Cloud State University. With the Huskies, Chapman oversees all aspects of team’s video operations and is also responsible for the program’s hockey operations. 

A native of Bloomington, Indiana, Chapman joined the Huskies in 2006 as a graduate assistant and was elevated to his current role in 2008. 

A 2006 graduate of Bethel University, Chapman majored in Athletic Training and is a certified athletic trainer. At Bethel, Chapman played one year of hockey and also served as the men’s basketball trainer during the 2005-06 

Matt and his wife, Alicia, reside in St. Cloud, Minnesota, with their son, Will.

Bob Corkum is in his second season serving as head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team.

Most recently, Corkum led the U.S. Women's National Team to its fifth consecutive goal medal at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2019 in Espoo, Finland. The team went undefeated in the tournament, outscoring its opponents 41-5. 

Corkum's first international tournament as head coach with the U.S. Women's National Team was the 2018 Four Nations Cup in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where the U.S. women went undefeated en route to its fourth straight tournament title.

Previously, Corkum served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Under-22 Women's Select Team for the U-22 Series vs. Canada in Calgary in August and helped lead the U.S. to a three-game sweep. 

Corkum's appointment to the U-22 select team staff marked his first coaching assignment for a U.S. team since leading the U.S. men into the 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in Slovakia, where the team finished second.

Corkum previously served as an assistant coach for the New York Islanders from 2014-2017. A 12-year NHL veteran, Corkum joined the Islanders organization in July 2013 after spending five seasons as an associate coach at his alma mater, the University of Maine. Corkum helped the Black Bears qualify for the NCAA Tournament in 2012.

Corkum's NHL career began with the Buffalo Sabres in 1990 after being selected by the Sabres in the 3rd round, 47th overall in 1986. The Salisbury, Mass., native also spent time with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils and Atlanta Thrashers.

Prior to playing in the NHL, Corkum played four years at the University of Maine. As a senior in 1989, Corkum helped lead the Black Bears to a Hockey East Championship and a second-consecutive Frozen Four Appearance.

Allison Coomey is serving as scout of the 2022 U.S. Olympic Women's Hockey Team after serving in the same role for the U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team at the 2019 Under-18 Women's World Championship in Obihiro, Japan and at the 2018 USA Hockey Women's National Festival in Lake Placid, New York. 

She currently serves as an assistant coach with the Penn State women's hockey team. Prior to joining the Nittany Lions, Coomey served as an assistant coach with the Boston University Terriers for nine seasons. 

During her time as an assistant coach with BU from 2008-17, the Terriers captured five Hockey East titles, qualified for the NCAA Tournament six times, which included a pair of NCAA Championship appearances in 2011 and ’13. 

A four-year letterwinner at Niagara in her collegiate playing days, Coomey returned to her alma mater as an assistant coach from 2004-08, helping the Purple Eagles reach the CHA title game twice. While a member of the Niagara coaching staff, her duties included: serving as recruiting coordinator, working with the forwards, coordinating the team's community service efforts and overseeing academics.

Before joining the staff at Niagara, Coomey served as an assistant coach at Plattsburgh, where she helped guide the Cardinals to the 2004 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) West Division III regular season title and the NCAA Division III semifinals.

Prior to her work at Plattsburgh, Coomey completed an internship as the assistant women's hockey coach at Connecticut College and was also a volunteer lacrosse coach for the 2002-03 season. She has also worked numerous hockey camps, including the USA Hockey Development Camp.

As a student-athlete at Niagara, Coomey played hockey and lacrosse from 1998-2002. On the ice, she served as an alternate captain during her senior season and helped the team to its most successful campaign in program history, as the Purple Eagles reached the 2002 NCAA Women's Frozen Four and finished tied for third in the final national poll. On the lacrosse field, she earned the team's rookie of the year award in 1999 and went on to tally 69 goals and 37 assists in her four-year career.

A native of Baldwinsville, New York, Coomey earned two degrees from Niagara, a bachelor's degree in education in 2002 and a master's degree in school counseling in 2008. She was a two-time ECAC All-Academic Team member and earned a spot on the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

Elizabeth Cohen, manager of communications and events at Massachusetts Hockey, will serve as a hockey operations assistant at the U.S. Women's National Team Evaluation Camp for the first time in 2018.

Erin Cooke-McAllister, PT, MPT, originally hails from Vermont where she graduated from the University of Vermont with a masters degree in Physical Therapy. Cooke-McAllister's clinical experience includes an acute care and ICU rotation at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California, as well as working on the Stroke and Brain Injury team at New England Rehabilitation Hospital in Portland, Maine. Her last clinical rotation was spent at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle, Washington where she worked in the outpatient orthopedic setting. 

Erin supplements her love of wellness and fitness by participating in a variety of endurance sports including Ironman and Half Ironman distance triathlons, competing in the annual Maine State Time Trial series and long distance cycling events to support medical research  and awareness including the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the American Lung Association and breast cancer awareness.

Mike Corbett is serving as an assistant coach for the U.S. Under-17 Select Team. Corbett has served as the head coach at the University of Alabama- Huntsville since the 2013-14 season. 

From 2003 to 2013, Corbett was an assistant coach at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, before being promoted to an associate head coaching role in his final season with the Falcons. 

Prior to his time at Air Force Academy, Corbett led the America West Hockey League’s Billings Bulls as head coach for one season before joining the Sioux Falls Stampede of the United States Hockey League in 2001. 

Corbett also coached the Butte Irish of the AWHL from 1997-2000, earning the league’s Coach of the Year award in his first season.

A defenseman at University of Denver from 1992-97, Corbett was an alternate captain for two seasons, a two-time WCHA All-Academic Team member, and a finalist for the 1997 NCAA Hockey Humanitarian Award. 

Dave Caruso currently serves as senior director of amateur hockey programming for the Columbus Blue Jackets and is serving as an assistant coach for the U.S. Youth Olympic Men’s Hockey Team for the first time in 2024. He previously was as an assistant coach for the U.S. Under-17 Select Team that placed second at the 2019 Five Nations Tournament. 

Prior to joining the Blue Jackets, Caruso served as manager of coaching education for USA Hockey and worked as a goaltender development coordinator and associate coach-in-chief for the Mid-American District.

The Georgia native also had stints as a goaltending coach for the Albany Devils of the AHL (2012-14), goaltending mentor coach for the International Ice Hockey Federation (2017-18), and goaltending consultant for the Ohio State University’s men’s ice hockey team (2017-19).

Caruso spent four seasons (2002-06) as a goaltender for the Ohio State University men’s ice hockey team and played six seasons of professional hockey in the AHL and ECHL.

Zack Cisek is serving as an assistant coach for the U.S Under-17 Men's Select Team for the first time in 2023 after serving as goaltending coach for the squad in 2022.

Cisek spent the 2022-23 campaign as an assistant men’s ice hockey coach at Miami University after spending the previous four campaigns on the coaching staff of the Lake Superior State University men’s ice hockey program.

During his time as LSSU, first as assistant coach and his final season as association head coach, the Lakers won the 2021 WCHA Tournament championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1996.  

Cisek spent 2017-18 as a volunteer assistant coach for the Notre Dame men’s ice hockey team, a season that the Fighting Irish won the Big 10 regular-season and tournament title and advanced to the title game at the NCAA Men’s Frozen Four.

The Canton, Mich., native also spent two seasons (2015-17) as a graduate assistant coach for the Miami University men’s ice hockey team.

Additionally, he has served as a goaltending coach for USA Hockey's Boys Select-17 Player Development Camp in 2019-20.

Cisek graduated from Michigan State University in 2015 where he spent two seasons as a goaltender for Spartan men’s ice hockey team.

Reid Cashman  is serving as an assistant coach of the U.S. National Junior Team for the first time in 2023.

Cashman is currently amidst his second season as the head coach of Dartmouth College’s men’s hockey team, as the Ivy League cancelled the 2020-21 season due to the global pandemic. In his first season with the Big Green, he coached the team to the first round of the ECAC playoffs.

Cashman was hired by Dartmouth in June 2020 after a two-season stint as an assistant coach for the Washington Capitals. While with the club, Cashman oversaw the defense and penalty kill and was responsible for running the Capitals’ development camps. Before coaching at the NHL level, he was an assistant with the Hershey Bears, the Capitals’ AHL affiliate, for two seasons (2016-18).

Prior to coaching professionally, Cashman served as a coach at his alma mater, Quinnipiac University, for five seasons (2011-16) and helped the Bobcats reach the Frozen Four in 2016 and 2013. As both an associate head (2014-16) and assistant (2011-13) coach, Cashman helped lead Quinnipiac to the NCAA Tournament in each of his final four seasons as well as three ECAC Hockey regular-season titles.

As a player, Cashman spent time with the AHL’s Toronto Marlies, Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins and Milwaukee Admirals and also won the 2010 Kelly Cup with the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL. He capped off his professional career with EHC Black Wings Linz of the Austrian Erste Bank Ice Hockey League. A two-time captain at Quinnipiac, his 125 career assists and 148 points are both still school records for defensemen. Cashman, an All-American in his final three seasons with the Bobcats, was also named one of the top-50 players in league history.

Chris Clark, who is in his 12th season with the Columbus Blue Jackets and currently serves as the team’s assistant general manager, is the general manager of the 2023 U.S. Men’s National Team. Clark is also in his fourth year as both the director of player personnel and general manager of the Cleveland Monsters, the Blue Jackets AHL affiliate,

Clark twice played for the U.S. Men's National Team in the IIHF Men's World Championship, including in 2002 and as captain in 2007.

Clark’s tenure with the Blue Jackets organization began in 2011-12 as a scout. He transitioned to the team’s director of player development for seven seasons before assuming his current responsibilities. Columbus has advanced to the NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs on six occasions in franchise history, five of which have taken place since Clark joined the organization. 

Clark played parts of 11 seasons in the NHL and accumulated 214 points, including 103 goals in 607 regular-season games. He spent five seasons with Calgary (1999-2004), helping the Flames to the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, before moving to the Washington Capitals where he played for four-plus seasons and served as captain from 2006-09. Clark finished his NHL career with the Columbus Blue Jackets and appeared in 89 games while serving as an alternate captain. 

Calgary's third pick in the 1994 NHL Draft (77th overall), Clark also won the Calder Cup with the Saint John Flames, Calgary’s AHL affiliate, in 2001. 

Clark played collegiately at Clarkson University (1994-98) where he recorded 128 points (63G, 65A) in 142 games and helped lead Clarkson to a 98-39-10 overall record, four consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament and two ECAC regular season championships. He served as captain of the Golden Knights in his final campaign. 

David Carle is serving as head coach of the U.S. National Junior Team for the first time in 2024.

Carle, who is in his sixth season as head coach of the University of Denver's men's ice hockey team in 2023-24, has led the Pioneers to three NCAA tournament appearances overall in his tenure as head coach at DU, including the 2022 NCAA title. He has led Denver to a 116-53-13 overall record in his five campaigns, which included a COVID-shortened season in 2019-20.

Prior to being named head coach, Carle served four and a half seasons as an assistant coach with the Denver Pioneers (2014-18). He joined the program in 2014 following a season and a half as an assistant coach (2012-14) with the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League (USHL).

As a player, Carle was recruited to play at Denver and spent four seasons (2008-12) as a graduate assistant coach after a medical diagnosis forced him to retire from his playing career. A 2008 NHL Draft-eligible prospect, Carle was drafted in the fourth round, 203rd overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Travis Culhane is serving as video coach for the U.S. National Junior Team in 2024.

Ross Chicantek is serving as equipment manager for the U.S Under-18 Men’s Select Team for the first time.

The Portage, Michigan, native, recently wrapped his second season as equipment manager for at Western Michigan University. His duties include skate sharpening, equipment inventory, laundry, and travel logistics.

Before moving to Kalamazoo, Chicantek served five years (2017-22) as an equipment manager with the Army men’s hockey program and also supported the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams.

Chicantek graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2013 with a degree in sports management.

Michael Cortese returns as the athletic trainer for the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team, a role he has held since the 2010-11 season. The 2023 World Para ice Hockey Championship marks his seventh with the team. Last season, he was a member of Team USA's gold medal-winning staff at the The 2023 World Para ice Hockey Championship.

During his time with Team USA, Cortese has helped the United States claim 20 international titles, including three Paralympic gold medals (2014, 2018, 2022); five world championships (2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023); seven Para Hockey Cups (formerly World Sled Hockey Challenge) titles (2012, 2015, 2016 (Jan.), 2016 (Dec.), 2017, 2019, 2022). Cortese was also on the U.S. staffs to capture the 2013 USA Hockey Sled Cup, 2016 IPC Pan-Pacific Championship and 2018 Turin Para Ice Hockey International Tournament, and the 2022 IPH Cup.

Additionally, Cortese served on the Team USA staff that earned runner-up finishes at two world championship (2013, 2017); two World Sled Hockey Challenges (2011 (Nov.), 2013);  as third-place finishes at the 2011 (Apr.) World Sled Hockey Challenge in London, Ontario.

Cortese is the rehabilitation outpatient supervisor of Bethesda Health Outpatient Rehabilitation in Boynton Beach, Florida.

He completed his undergraduate education at Colorado College in 1984 and became a certified athletic trainer in 1985. During his time with Colorado College, Cortese assisted the athletic department in athletic training roles, including with the men's ice hockey team. He earned his master’s degree in physical therapy from the University of Indianapolis Krannert School of Physical Therapy in 1987 and has been a board certified specialist in orthopaedics since 1996.

He has instructed numerous continuing education courses for medical professionals on the shoulder, lower extremities, and orthotic management of the foot. Also, Cortese has worked in professional and amateur sports.

Kaela Colvard is serving as a member of the sports dietitian team with the U.S. Women's National Team at the 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship. Colvard has worked with Team USA for the last few seasons, including at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Colvard also works with USA Curling. 

Colvard provides sports nutrition services at Training HAUS in Eagan and the University of St. Thomas. 

She previously worked at the University of Illinois and University of Minnesota. Kaela has experience working with youth, collegiate and professional athletes to optimize their athletic potential, energy availability, muscle recovery and injury prevention in relation to nutrition. She also works with clients to ensure recovery in eating disorders, improving athlete body image, combatting GI distress and addressing medical nutrition conditions in sport. Kaela earned her master’s degree from the University of Minnesota.