Lawrence Feloney is serving as the video coordinator for the U.S. Men's National Team for the first time.
He has been the video coach for the National Hockey League's Nashville Predators since the 2010-11 season.
Prior to joining the Predators, Feloney spent four seasons as the video coordinator for the American Hockey League's Albany Devils.
The Natick, Mass., native began his career with the University of Massachusetts-Amherst men’s hockey team as a manager and video coordinator from 2003 to 2005.
Feloney graduated from UMass-Amherst with a bachelor’s degree in sports management in 2005.
Dave Fischer is leading media relations and communications for the U.S. Men's National Team at the IIHF Men's World Championship in 2024.
Fischer, who joined USA Hockey’s national office as the director of communications in November 2004, was elevated to the newly created position of senior director of communications in December 2009. He is responsible on a day-to-day basis for overseeing USA Hockey’s overall communications effort, including media and public relations and content. He also directs communications for USA Hockey-owned events in addition to all world championships hosted by the organization.
In his role at USA Hockey, Fischer has led communications for multiple U.S. squads, including five U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Teams (2022, 2018, 2014, 2010, 2006), including in 2010 when Team USA won silver; fifteen prior U.S. Men’s National Teams (2022-23, 2019, 2015-17, 2005-13); seven U.S. National Junior Teams, and Team USA at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. Additionally, Fischer served as the event PR lead for the IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championships in 2009, 2016 and 2021, as well as the IIHF World Junior Championships in 2005, 2011 and 2018.
Fischer spent 17 years at Michigan Tech University (1987-2004), where he served as assistant athletic director for communications and marketing. During his tenure, more than 40 MTU athletic publications earned citations of excellence from the College Sports Information Directors Association of America and revenue from advertising and sponsorship more than quadrupled. In 2009, he was inducted into the Michigan Tech Sports Hall of Fame.
While at Michigan Tech, Fischer simultaneously spent five years (1989-94) as the information director for the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
He served on the College Sports Information Directors of America Board of Directors from 1999-2002 and has been a member of the organization since 1987.
Fischer has served on the NCAA Men’s Frozen Four staff since 1987 and was a media liaison at the 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival in San Antonio, Texas.
This is Nick Fohr's first time serving as head coach of the U.S. National Under-18 Team, having previously been part of the coaching staff for the team in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021 and 2022. Fohr helped lead the team to a pair of gold medals (2015, 2017) and two silver medals (2013, 2022).
Fohr, who was on staff for the 2023 U.S. National Junior Team that captured the bronze medal at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship, is within his 13th season on the NTDP staff and second as head coach, having before spent five seasons as an associate coach and six as an assistant coach for the NTDP.
While at the NTDP, the Grand Forks, N.D., native has helped guide the U.S. to championships at five Four Nations Tournaments (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 2022), six Five Nations (2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) and the 2012 Vlad Dzurilla tournament. In addition, Fohr helped guide the U.S. National Under-17 Team to championships at two World Under-17 Hockey Challenges (2013, 2022) and a second-place finish at the 2012 event.
Fohr has also served as assistant coach for the U.S. Under-18 Select Team five times (2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2021) and in that same position at three BioSteel All-American Games (2012, 2014, 2016).
Fohr played four seasons (1998-2002) at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and also two seasons with the Lincoln Stars (1996-98), where he earned a spot on the USHL All-Star Team in 1997-98.
J.D. Forrest is serving as an assistant coach for the U.S. Men's National Under-18 Team for the first time.
Forrest, an original member of USA Hockey's National Team Development Program as a player from 1997-2000, returned to the NTDP this past fall as an intern coach with the U.S. National Under-18 Team
Forrest played for the first U.S. squad that participated in the IIHF Men's Under-18 World Championship (1999), totaling three points (1-2) in six games.
A draft pick of the Carolina Hurricanes in 2000, Forrest recently completed an 11-year professional career that included stints with teams in the East Coast Hockey League, American Hockey League and in Europe.
Prior to his time in professional hockey, Forrest patrolled the blue line for Boston College from 2000-04. While with the Eagles, he appeared in 144 games, registering 24 goals and 73 assists. Forrest was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team in 2001 and represented the U.S. that same year at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in Russia. In 2002-03, the defenseman was tabbed as an NCAA All-American Second Team selection.
Logan Fischer is serving as equipment manager for Team USA at the 2018 Four Nations Cup. He is currently serving as equipment manager for the Penn State University women's ice hockey team and has worked various events for the U.S. Women's National Team Program as an equipment manager since 2015.
Recently, Fischer served in that capacity at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games and during the Women's National Team residency program in Wesley Chapel, Florida. He also served as equipment manager during the 2017 Under-18 Series in Lake Placid, New York, as well as for the gold medal-winning U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team at the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation Under-18 Women's World Championship in Zlin & Prerov, Czech Republic.
A graduate of Clarkson University, Fischer was the equipment manager for the Clarkson women's ice hockey team from 2011-2017.
Pat Ferschweiler’s is serving as an assistant coach of the U.S. National Junior Team for the first time in 2023.
Ferschweiler has been part of coaching staffs for U.S. teams on the international stage three previous times, including as the head coach of the 2019 U.S. Under-18 Select Team that played at the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup and 2017 U.S. Under-17 Select Team that won the 2017 Five Nations Tournament, and as an assistant coach for the 2018 U.S. squad that competed at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup.
He is in his second year as the head men’s ice hockey coach at Western Michigan University, where he led the Broncos to a 26-12-2 record and an NCAA East Regional Final appearance last season, after having spent one season as the program’s associate head coach (2020-21).
Ferschweiler previously spent four seasons (2015-19) as an assistant coach for the Detroit Red Wings after one year as an assistant coach with Detroit’s AHL affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins. Additionally, he served as the head coach and general manager for the Midwest Elite Hockey League's Russell Stover Under-18 team for six years (2004-10). The club won numerous regional championships under Ferschweiler's reign, who was simultaneously serving as the director of hockey for the Kansas City Stars youth organization (2005-09).
A 1993 graduate of Western Michigan University, Ferschweiler played three seasons in Kalamazoo, recording 30 goals and 65 assists for 95 points in 116 games. He went on to an eight-year professional playing career, including stops in the ECHL and IHL, scoring 46 goals and adding 113 assists for 159 points in 355 contests.
Dr. Peter Friesen, physical therapist and assistant athletic trainer for NC State cross-country, and track and field, recently served as a strength and conditioning coach at the 2018 USA Hockey Women's National Festival.
Friesen joined the Wolfpack during the 2017-18 academic year. The previous 21 years, Friesen was with the Carolina Hurricanes as the team’s Head Athletic Trainer/Strength and Conditioning Coach.
Friesen is a dual board-certified Physical Therapist in Sports and Orthopedics. Additionally, he is certified in both the United States and Canada as an Athletic Trainer/Therapist, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, and also certified as a Massage Therapist and Dry Needler. During his time with the Hurricanes, Friesen was responsible for the institution of training and dietary standards, preparation of rehabilitation programs, and treatment of acute injuries for all Carolina Hurricanes players.
In addition to his work with professional teams, Friesen has been associated with the Canadian Olympic and International programs for more than 30 years, including serving as the Head Trainer for Team Canada during the 2004 World Championship in the Czech Republic. He again served as Head Trainer for Canada at the 2011 World Championship in Slovakia, and has been to 10 IIHF World Championships with five gold medals.
Friesen has advised nine different Canadian programs including men’s and women’s ice hockey, field hockey, soccer, figure skating, softball, wrestling, gymnastics and volleyball in preparation for their respective tournaments. Combining the different elements of each sport, Friesen strives to show athletes various ways of developing elements of their bodies in a true cross-training fashion. He is an Assistant Consulting Professor at Duke's School of Physical Therapy in the areas of Sports, Orthopedics and Exercise and also lectures at Campbell University, East Carolina University, University North Carolina, Duke and University of Connecticut in the departments of Physical Therapy.
He is a graduate from Bemidji State University with Bachelor’s Degrees in Education and Physical Education, from the University of Saskatchewan a Post-Graduate degree in Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy, and from Arcadia University a Doctorate of Physical Therapy. Prior to joining the Carolina Hurricanes, Friesen was the head trainer at both the University of Saskatchewan and then the University of Alberta, and an Assistant Director of the Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic in Edmonton, Alberta.
Curt Fraser is serving as a camp coach at the U.S. Women's National Team Evaluation Camp for the first time in 2018.
Fraser currently serves as an assistant coach of the Dallas Stars in the National Hockey League, a post he assumed prior to the 2012-13 season.
Prior, he served as head coach of the Grand Rapids Griffins, the AHL affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings, where he compiled a 146-130-40 record to become that franchise’s career coaching leader in regular season wins (146) and games behind the bench (316).
A native of Cincinnati, Fraser has more than two decades of coaching experience, including as the first head coach in the history of the Atlanta Thrashers. He has also worked for the Milwaukee Admirals, Syracuse Crunch, Orlando Solar Bears, New York Islanders and St. Louis Blues. He also served as head coach of the Belarus national team for two seasons (2006-08), helping them qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics and a ninth-place finish at the 2008 IIHF World Championships. In all, Fraser has coached more than 1,000 games at various levels, including 279 NHL contests with the Atlanta Thrashers.
Vancouver’s 22nd overall selection in the 1978 NHL Entry Draft, Fraser played 12 years in the National Hockey League with the Vancouver Canucks, Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota North Stars. In 704 career NHL games, he amassed 193 goals and 240 assists for 433 points with 1,306 penalty minutes. Having grown up with dual citizenship, Fraser played internationally for both Canada (1978 World Junior Championships) and the United States (1987 Canada Cup).
Feaster is making her first appearance as a member of the U.S. National Junior Team coaching staff and is the first female to ever serve on the coaching staff of a U.S. National Junior Team. The 2020-21 season will be her ninth at Providence, and fifth season as the director of men’s ice hockey operations. She was a graduate assistant for two years prior to head coach Nate Leaman offering her a full-time opportunity in 2016, becoming at the time one of two women working as full-time hockey staff members for Division I men’s hockey teams.
Theresa's father, Jay Feaster, most recently served as general manager of the Calgary Flames from 2010-14 after a successful 10 year stint with the Tampa Bay Lightning where he assembled the Stanley Cup championship team in 2004. Jay currently serves as the Executive Director of Community Hockey Development in Tampa Bay.
Ferber makes her debut as an athletic trainer for the U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team this season. She has previously served as the athletic trainer for USA Hockey Girls U15-U18 Player Development Camps since 2018 and the 2021 USA Women's Festival in August.
Currently the athletic trainer at Minnesota State University, Mankato, Ferber has been a certified A.T. since 2012. Her experience in hockey includes MN Elite League (Boys/Girls), NAHL team coverage and at Shattuck St. Mary's School.
