USA Hockey Profiles

Jeff Kampersal has served as the head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Under-18 Team for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons.

Kampersal first worked with the team at the USA Hockey Women’s National Festival from Aug. 5-15, 2012, in Blaine, Minn., which was immediately followed by the 2012 Under-18 Series, a three-game competition against Canada, held from Aug. 16-19, at the National Sports Center in Blaine.

Under Kampersal, the team went 1-0-1-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L), splitting the first two games and falling in a shootout in the final contest after erasing a three-goal deficit in the third period to force overtime.

Kampersal’s prior experience with Team USA involved serving on the coaching staff at U.S. Women’s Select Festivals from 2004-06. He has also served as a coach at multiple USA Hockey Player Development Camps.

Kampersal is in his 17th season at the helm of the Princeton University women’s ice hockey team. His teams have won 20 or more games in a season three times and finished at or above .500 in nine of the past 10 seasons. In 2006, he led Princeton to a school-best second-place finish in ECAC Hockey as well as the Ivy League title. He entered the 2012-13 season with a career record of 245-199-45, all at Princeton.

A 1992 graduate of Princeton, Kampersal served as the team captain of the school’s men’s ice hockey team as a senior. An All-Ivy League and All-ECAC Hockey selection, Kampersal shares the school record for consecutive games played with 107. He was also awarded the 1941 Championship Trophy, given to the Princeton player who best represents the winning spirit of the 1941 championship team.

Kampersal played high school hockey at St. John’s Prep in Danvers, Mass., and was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in November of 2009.

Chosen by the New York Islanders in the 10th round of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, Kampersal played professionally for the ECHL’s Richmond Renegades and the American Hockey League’s Capital District Islanders.

Kampersal and his wife Eileen have a daughter, Keira.

Brian Kelley will be serving as a media relations contact for the U.S. Men’s Olympic Team for the first time.

Kelly, who has been the senior member of the athletic communications staff at Boston University since 2005, was promoted to Assistant Athletic Director for Communications in July 2013.

Since 2006, Kelley has overseen the department's media relations for its 24 sports. He works primarily as the main contact for the Terriers' men's ice hockey and field hockey teams. Kelley has also worked with the women's basketball and lacrosse teams during his time at BU.

Kelley has created and executed two successful Hobey Baker Award campaigns at BU, as Matt Gilroy was the sixth defenseman to win college hockey's top honor in 2009 before Jack Eichel became just the second freshman to claim the award in 2015.

Kelley served as the media coordinator for the 2006 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship, which was held at BU's Nickerson Field and set records for attendance by both media and fans. Since 2007, he also headed up the media operations for Red Hot Hockey, a biannual men's hockey contest at Madison Square Garden featuring BU against old rival Cornell. He also oversaw media operations for the 2007 America East Men's Basketball Championship at Agganis Arena.

Prior to arriving at BU, Kelley worked at Cornell University for four years, including three as an assistant director of athletic communications. He was the primary contact for the Big Red's men's lacrosse team and served as the media contact for the 2004 NCAA men's lacrosse quarterfinals held at Cornell's Schoellkopf Field.

Kelley, who also worked with Cornell's women's basketball, wrestling and field hockey teams, started off as an intern in 2001 at Cornell, serving as the contact for the women's ice hockey, women's soccer and softball squads.

Prior to starting his sports information career, Kelley worked as a program director for the Skyhawks sports camps in Boston and as an operations assistant for the 2000 PGA Championship in Louisville. He also served as an intern for the Elmira Pioneers baseball club during the summer of 1999.

Kelley has volunteered at several NCAA events, including the 2006 Women's Final Four and the 2005, 2008 and 2009 Men's Lacrosse Championships, and is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America.

A native of Lincoln, Maine, Kelley graduated from Ithaca College in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in sport management. He returned to his alma mater for six summers (2005-2010) to teach a week-long Workshop in Sports Media.

Matt Kelly, currently the head coach of the Providence College women's ice hockey team, served as head scout for the U.S. Women’s National Team from 2014-2018. HIs primary responsibilities for USA Hockey included helping identify and develop players in USA Hockey's active player pool for the women's program, while also executing a long-term strategy to ensure continued advancement of the U.S. Women's National Team program.

Prior to joining USA Hockey, Kelly served as an assistant women's ice hockey coach for 2014 NCAA Division I national champion Clarkson University. Kelly helped transform the Clarkson women's ice hockey program into a national power since his arrival in 2008-09, including ECAC Hockey playoff appearances all six years, three league playoff titles, three NCAA tournament appearances, and the ultimate prize, the NCAA Division I national title in 2014.

Kelly joined the Clarkson staff after spending the 2007-08 campaign on the women’s ice hockey coaching staff at Quinnipiac (Connecticut) University. He started his coaching career the season prior as the volunteer assistant at Wayne State (Michigan) University.

Alicia Kendig is a sport dietitian from the U.S. Olympic Committee who provides nutritional services for the U.S. Women’s National Ice Hockey Team. She joined the USOC as a registered sport dietitian in 2011 and works with the summer strength and power sports and winter sport athletes. She is currently also working with the the national Figure Skating athletes on the winter side and Track and Field and Swimming athletes on the summer side.  Kendig has worked with many other National Governing Bodies in the past and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) to educate athletes on various sport nutrition topics, as well as the risks and proper use of dietary supplements. She has helped athletes of all ages, levels and backgrounds achieve performance goals by focusing on fuel and performance nutrition for optimal performance. Kendig holds a bachelor’s degree in nutrition and a master’s degree in public health nutrition from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Courtney Kennedy is serving as an assistant coach for the 2022 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey team after serving in the same capacity for the 2021 U.S. Women's National Team. She made her debut at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship in Calgary, where the U.S. took silver. 

Kennedy served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Under-18 Women’s National Team for her fourth time at the 2018 IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championship in Dmitrov, Russia, where the U.S. earned gold. 

Kennedy served in the same capacity for the gold medal-winning 2017 U.S. Under-18 Women’s National Team at the IIHF Under-18 Women’s World Championship in Zlin & Prerov, Czech Republic. She also helped the 2013 and 2014 squads earn silver medals at the event.

Kennedy is currently in her 13th season on the Boston College women’s hockey staff. In addition to her on-ice coaching duties, Kennedy also heads the Eagles’ recruiting efforts and oversees hockey operations for the team. She was promoted to associate head coach before the 2012-13 season. She was honored by her peers with the AHCA Women’s Ice Hockey Assistant Coach Award, which recognizes an assistant coach’s body of work in women’s hockey.

Kennedy came to BC after three years as the head coach of women’s ice hockey at Buckingham Browne and Nichols School in Cambridge, Mass.

As a player, Kennedy was a two-time Olympian, having earned a bronze medal at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, and a bronze medal at the 2006 Games in Torino, Italy. Kennedy also helped the U.S. capture a gold medal at the IIHF Women’s World Championship in 2005.

Kennedy was a two-time All-America defenseman at Minnesota in 1999 and 2001. As a senior in 2001, she earned Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honors.  She was also a top-three finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award. As a junior in 2000, she helped lead Minnesota to its first national title.

Kennedy graduated from Minnesota in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in youth studies and currently lives in her hometown of Woburn.

Mike King, who recently completed his fifth season as video coach for the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, will serve as a video coach for the U.S. Men’s National Team for the fourth straight year in 2024.

Prior to arriving in Ottawa, King spent three seasons as video coach of the AHL’s Hershey Bears.  Following Hershey’s 2017-18 season, King joined the coaching staff of team’s parent club, the Washington Capitals, and was part of the team’s journey to its first-ever Stanley Cup.

King spent two seasons (2016-18) as a member of the AHL’s Belleville Senators coaching staff, including during the club’s run to the Calder Cup Finals in 2016.

Prior to joining the Bears, King spent two seasons as a skills and development coach with the Ontario Hockey League’s Sudbury Wolves.

Nigel Kirwan will serve as video coach for Team USA at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

He served in the same capacity for Team USA at the 2008 International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s World Championship in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, and the 2009 IIHF Men’s World Championship in Bern and Zurich-Kloten, Switzerland.

Kirwan will enter his 25th year with the Tampa Bay Lightning and 21st as a member of the coaching staff in 2016-17. In his current role as video coach for the Lightning, Kirwan is responsible for the breakdown of game film, generation of scouting reports and creation of specialty film, among other duties.

Kirwan has coached amateur hockey at various levels in the United States for 17 years and is active in youth hockey camps and clinics.

A resident of Tampa, Florida, Kirwan started with the Lightning as a member of the front office staff for four years before joining the coaching staff ahead of the 1996-97 season. 

Ken Klee is the head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team for the 2016 Four Nations Cup in Vierumaki, Finland from Oct. 29 – Nov. 6.

Serving in the same capacity at the 2015 Four Nations Cup in Sundsvall, Sweden, Klee led the U.S. to an undefeated record (3-1-0-0, W-OTW-OTL-L) and first championship title since 2012.

The tournament marks the seventh consecutive event that Klee has been at the helm of Team USA and the third time he has been behind the bench at the Four Nations Cup. He now owns a 18-3-1-2 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record overall.

Klee most recently served as head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team at the 2016 International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship in Kamloops, British Columbia. He led the U.S. to an undefeated record (4-1-0-0, W-OTW-OTL-L) and gold-medal.

Klee led the U.S. Women's National Team to the gold medal at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship in Malmo, Sweden. He also guided the U.S. to a first-place finish at the 2015 Under-22 Series, defeating Canada two games to one.

Klee was the head coach for the U.S. squad that finished second during his first Four Nations Cup in 2014 (2-0-1-1, W-OTW-OTL-L). That season, he also guided the U.S. Women's Under-22 Select Team to a first-place finish during his first campaign behind the bench for the U.S. in the 2014 Under-22 Series, defeating Canada in all three games.

Klee, who retired from playing in the National Hockey League in 2009, lives in Denver, Colorado and coaches multiple youth teams and runs skills clinics in the area.

A native of Indianapolis, Indiana, Klee played in the NHL for seven teams (Washington, Toronto, New Jersey, Colorado, Atlanta, Anaheim. Phoenix) during a 14-year career. He was originally drafted 177th overall by the Capitals in the 1990 Entry Draft and went on to play nine seasons in Washington. He tallied 55 goals and 140 assist for 195 points in 934 career games. Though not known as a goal scorer, 13 of his 55 career goals were game-winning goals, the highest percentage in NHL history.

As a member of Team USA, Klee played in the one IIHF World Junior Championship (1991), two IIHF Men's World Championships (1992, 1997) and one World Cup of Hockey (2004).

Rob Koch was named director of communications and social media for USA Hockey in March of 2013. In addition to his overall media/public relations responsibilities, Koch serves as the primary contact for the U.S. Women's National Team Program and oversees USA Hockey's social media efforts.

In his role with the women's program, Koch manages all media and sponsor interaction with players and serves as the chief communications officer for all teams and events, including the U.S. Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Team, which most recently competed at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

Koch manages all facets of the annual Patty Kazmaier Award, from the appointment of the selection committee and the voting process, through the culmination of the award ceremony that coincides with the NCAA Women's Frozen Four.

Additionally, he supports all other USA Hockey events and programs and was assistant director of media relations at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.

Koch previously served as senior director of public relations and team operations with the National Hockey League's Atlanta Thrashers. He was hired prior to the team's inaugural season in 1999-2000 and worked with the Thrashers until the team was sold and relocated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, in July 2011.

Prior to his 12 years in Atlanta, Koch was the assistant director of public relations with the New York Rangers from 1991-99. He assisted with the 1994 NHL All-Star Game and Stanley Cup Championship as well as the activities surrounding Wayne Gretzky's last game.

During his tenure in New York, the public relations staff earned the Dick Dillman Award for outstanding media relations. Koch is a native of Kinnelon, N.J., and earned his bachelor's degree from St. John's University.

Chris Krenn is serving as the communications contact for the U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team at the 2019 Under-18 Women's World Championship in Obihiro, Japan. He most recently served as the communications contact for the U.S. Under-18 Men's Select Team that finished fourth at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup.

Krenn became the 20th Brian Fishman Intern in June 2018. His experience will include 12 months in the communications division at USA Hockey’s national office in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with the second 12 months of the internship spent in the communications department at USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program in Plymouth, Michigan.

A graduate from the University of South Florida in July 2017 with a bachelor's degree in Professional and Technical Communication, Krenn spent the 2017-18 NHL season working as the Communications Assistant with the Columbus Blue Jackets where he prepared game notes, compiled daily clips, created credentials and wrote intermission and postgame notes.

The Tampa native spent the previous season working as the public relations intern for the Tampa Bay Lightning, where he gained experience writing articles on the organization’s draft picks, transcribing interviews, drafting press releases and assisting with player appearances at community events. 

In addition, Krenn has served as a social media intern and contributing journalist for PewterReport.com, a high-traffic website that covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is also a registered USA Hockey official and spent last summer working as a private hockey instructor.

The is Kevin Krueger's fifth time working on the medical staff for the Under-18 Men’s Select Team. While this is his first year as the physiotherapist, he previously served as the team's athletic trainer in 2019, 2018, 2011 and 2010.

Krueger has worked over 100 games with the Under-18 Men's Select Team over the past 20 years and has been a part of the program every summer since 1999. He was honored at the 2016 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament for his work with USA Hockey.

Mark Kumpel returns to the U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select Team as a team leader for the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup after serving in the same role for the U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select Team that placed fourth at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. He was also the team leader for the 2017 U.S. entry.

Kumpel has been the Director of Hockey Operations for the Eastern Hockey League since April of 2013.  His day-to-day duties include handling all EHL hockey operations, working with each coaching staff to ensure new EHL standards are met and helping brand the EHL name with youth and Junior players throughout the United States.

Prior to joining the EHL staff, Kumpel served as head coach of the Walpole Express for five years, leading the team to three consecutive AJHL playoff championships (2009-12) and two regular-season titles (2011, 2012). Before his time with the Express, Kumpel served as head coach of the Nashville Knights and Dayton Bombers of the ECHL, as well as the AHL's Portland Pirates. He also worked as a scout for the Atlanta Thrashers.

Along with his career off the ice, Kumpel enjoyed success as a player, skating for the University of Massachusetts-Lowell from 1979-83 before embarking on a lengthy career in the NHL and AHL.

A member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team, Kumpel played 288 games in the NHL with the Quebec Nordiques, Detroit Red Wings and Winnipeg Jets, totaling 38 goals and 46 assists for 84 points.

Tom Kurvers is part of the U.S. Men's National Team Advisory Group for the 2014 International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s World Championship. 

Kurvers is the senior advisor to the general manager of the National Hockey League’s Tampa Bay Lightning. He has been with Tampa Bay since the 2009-10 season. From 1998-2009, he was part of the Phoenix Coyotes staff, including three seasons as the club’s director of player personnel.

A defenseman, Kurvers played 11 seasons in the NHL (1984-95) with seven different organizations, appearing in 659 regular-season games and 58 NHL playoff outings. Drafted by Montreal in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, he won the Stanley Cup with the Canadiens in 1986.

Kurvers was a four-year (1980-84) standout at the University of Minnesota Duluth, where he helped the Bulldogs to the 1984 NCAA championship game and earned the Hobey Baker Memorial Award that year as the top player in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey.

Internationally, Kurvers represented the United States as a member of the U.S. National Junior Team in 1982.

After earning his bachelor’s degree in communications from UMD in 1984, the Bloomington, Minn., native began graduate studies in 1991 while an active NHL player and in 1997 gained his master’s degree in business administration in sports management from the University of St. Thomas (Minn.).

Jerry Keefe is serving on a U.S. national team staff for the second straight year after helping the United States to a silver medal at the 2019 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia.

The 2019-20 campaign will mark Keefe's ninth season at Northeastern University and his sixth as associate head coach. Since joining the Huskies as an assistant coach in 2011-12, Keefe has been instrumental in Northeastern's notable successes, including two Hockey East Championships (2015-16, 2018-19), back-to-back Beanpot titles (2017-18, 2018-19), as well as the Huskies’ first-ever Hobey Baker Award winner in Braintree, Massachusetts native Adam Gaudette (2018).

Prior to joining Northeastern, Keefe spent two seasons (2009-11) as an assistant coach for Brown University, helping direct the Bears to an ECAC semifinals berth for the first time since the 2002-03 campaign. 

Additionally, Keefe spent four seasons in the NCAA Division III ranks, including two seasons (2007-09) as head coach of Westfield State University and one season (2006-07) as an assistant coach for the University of Massachusetts-Boston.

Keefe has served in various roles with USA Hockey over the course of his career, most notably as an instructor for the New England District Festivals (2006-07) and the USA Hockey Select-17 Festival in St. Cloud, Minnesota (2007-08).

Keefe skated four seasons (1996-2000) at Providence College before playing five seasons of professional hockey across the AHL, ECHL and in Europe. As a junior hockey player, Keefe played for the Omaha Lancers in the United States Hockey League where he was a two-time USHL All-Star and still ranks in the Lancers' all-time top 10 in scoring.

Ian Kronberg is serving as the equipment manager for the U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team at the 2019 Under-18 Women's World Championship in Obihiro, Japan. This will be Kronberg's second consecutive Under-18 Women's World Championship. He has also gained experience working several camps as well as National Festivals.

Dr. Aimee C. Kimball has a PhD specializing in Sport Psychology and has been a Mental Training Consultant for almost 20 years. Dr. Kimball works with professional, collegiate, and high school athletes in a variety of sports and currently serves as the Mental Skills Coach for the 2022 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team. 

She has spent 16 seasons working in the NHL and is currently the Washington Capitals’ Senior Director of Team and Organizational Development. Previously she spent 5 seasons as the Director of Player and Team Development for the New Jersey and Binghamton Devils. In this role she helped the players develop a successful mentality, the teams develop a championship culture, and she worked closely with the coaches as well as the development and scouting staffs.

Melissa Katz joined the USA Hockey staff as the Manager, Communications in August 2021. She is currently serving as the communications lead for the U.S. Women's National Team program and has done so for one Olympic Winter Games (2022) three Women's World Championships (2022, 2023, 2024) and three Under-18 Women's World Championship (2022, 2023, 2024).

Prior to joining the USA Hockey staff, Katz held communications roles with the Mountain West Conference, USOPC, Denver Broncos and Big 12 Conference. 

A proud University of Maryland graduate, Katz is originally from South Brunswick, N.J. 

Andrew Ketterer is serving as the digital content lead for the 2022 U.S. Men’s National Team, having previously served in same capacity in support of the 2019 and 2017 U.S. Men’s National Teams.

Ketterer has been involved with U.S. teams on the international stage on several other occasions, leading digital content efforts for the 2018 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team; the 2019 (silver) and 2018 (bronze) U.S. National Junior Teams; the U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team in 2018 (silver) and 2016 (bronze); and the gold medal-winning 2018 U.S. Under-18 Women’s National Team.

Ketterer joined USA Hockey as its coordinator of social media and digital content in December 2015 before he moved up to the manager role in August 2017. One year later, Ketterer was named director of content.

A graduate of Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Ketterer earned degrees in marketing and sports management while playing four years for the school’s NCAA Division III hockey team.

Seamus Kelley joined the USA Hockey staff as the Coordinator, Communications in August 2022. He is currently serving as the communications lead for the 2023-24 U.S. National Sled Team after serving in the same capacity for the 2022-23 season.

Prior to joining the USA Hockey staff, Kelley worked in a communications role for Hockey East. 

Kelley is originally from Norwood, Mass., and is a graduate of UMass Amherst. 

Rob Kennedy is serving as an equipment manager for the U.S. National Junior Team for the first time in 2023.

Kennedy, who has served as assistant equipment manager for Quinnipiac University’s men’s hockey team since August 2021, is working his second international tournament for Team USA after having previously served as an equipment manager for the 2012 U.S. Men’s National Team at the 2012 IIHF Men’s World Championship.

Prior to joining the Bobcats, he served as an assistant equipment manager for the Tampa Bay Lightning for 14 years (2007-21) where he was on staff for two Stanley Cup victories (2020, 2021). His responsibilities with the Lightning included daily preparation for practice and games, distribution and care of equipment, coordination of transportation of equipment between game facility and practice facility.

He also served as an equipment manager at the NHL All-Star Game in both 2012 and 2018. Kennedy’s first two years (2005-07) working in the NHL were with the Florida Panthers as an assistant equipment manager.

Additionally, Kennedy served as the head equipment manager for the AHL's Cleveland Barons and Muskegon Fury, where he earned a Colonial Cup championship in 2002.

Liz Keady Norton was named head coach of the 2024 U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team and will lead the team at the 2024 IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championship. She previously served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Under-18 Women’s National Team during the 2023 season, helping guide the team to a bronze medal. 

She is currently in her third season as head coach of the Dartmouth College women’s ice hockey team. 

Prior to Dartmouth, she spent four seasons (2017-21) with the Boston University women’s ice hockey program. She also served as an assistant women’s ice hockey coach for two seasons at Harvard University (2015-17) and one year (2014-15) at Union College. 

Keady Norton is a 2008 graduate of Princeton University where she was a four-year letter winner in women’s ice hockey. She spent the 2005-06 season training with the U.S. Women’s National Team during its pre-Olympic tour.

This is Chad Kolarik’s first time serving as an assistant coach of the U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select Team for the first time in 2023. He previously served as an assistant coach of the gold medal 2023 U.S Under-18 Men's National Team.

Kolarik, an alum of USA Hockey's National Team Development Program (2002-04), is entering his second season as an assistant coach of the NTDP’s Under-18 Team. He helped the team to a 43-13-0 record in his first season. He also served on staff for the 2023 Under-18 Four Nations and 2022 Under-18 Five Nations Championship, where he helped the team to a first-place finish in both tournaments.

The Abington, Pa., native began his coaching career last season with the USHL’s Waterloo Black Hawks as an assistant coach, taking the team to the Clark Cup Playoffs during the 2021-22 campaign.

As a player, Kolarik represented the U.S. on multiple occasions, most recently as a member of the 2018 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team that competed in PyeongChang, South Korea. He also skated in two Deutschland Cups, helping Team USA earn a first-place finish in 2013, and was a member of the 2004 silver-medal winning U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team.

Kolarik played 12 seasons of professional hockey, spending time with both the New York Rangers and Columbus Blue Jackets at the game’s highest level, in addition to five stops in the AHL. He also spent time overseas, finishing his career with seven seasons in Europe throughout Sweden, France, Switzerland, Germany and Austria. He skated collegiately at the University of Michigan, where he produced 174 points (78G-96A) in 163 games for the Wolverines.

Quinn Kennedy, who currently works as an equipment manager for the Macon Mayhem in the Southern Professional Hockey League, is serving in the same capacity for the U.S. Youth Olympic Men’s Hockey Team for the first time in 2024.

Kennedy spent one season (2022-23) as a student equipment manager for Quinnipiac University’s men’s ice hockey team and assisted with USA Hockey’s player development camps in 2023. He also assisted the Tampa Bay Lightning equipment staff from 2020-2022.

Carter Krier, who is currently in his second season as an assistant coach for the Fargo Force in the USHL, will serve as an assistant coach for the U.S. Junior Select Team for the first time in 2023.

The Minnesota native started his coaching career in 2019 as an assistant and goaltending coach for East Grand Forks (Minn.) High School before joining the Force as a goaltending coach during the 2020-21 season. He was promoted to his current role of assistant coach in 2022.

Krier spent two seasons (2015-17) as a goaltender for the Moorhead (Minn.) High School boys’ varsity hockey team before joining the East Grand Forks High School boys’ varsity hockey team his senior season (2017-18), serving as captain.

Amanda Kelley is served as the athletic trainer for the 2024 U.S. Women's National Team. 

She is in her 11th year as an athletic trainer at the College of the Holy Cross in 2022-23, and now serves as the associate head athletic trainer. She works on a day-to-day basis as an athletic trainer for the Crusader women's hockey and women's rowing teams, in addition to providing support for a number of other varsity sports.

Prior to her time at Holy Cross, Kelley served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Lafayette for one year. She was the primary athletic trainer for the baseball and field hockey teams, while serving as the secondary contact for the football team. Kelley was previously an intern athletic trainer at Holy Cross in 2010-2011, working with the women's soccer, women's ice hockey and softball teams.

Kelley earned her bachelor’s degree in athletic training from Springfield College in 2010. She went on to receive her master’s degree in athletic training from East Stroudsburg University in 2012.