This is Dennis MacDonald's fourth time serving as an athletic trainer at the IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship, having previously worked with the silver-medal winning teams at the 2022 and 2018 events, as well as the team that captured bronze in 2016.
Most recently, MacDonald serving as an athletic trainer for the U.S. National Junior Team that won the gold medal at the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship.
MacDonald, who was on staff with the 2020 U.S. National Team, has been a staff member of USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program since the 2015-16 season. In that span, MacDonald has been on staff with Team USA at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge three times (2017, 2019, 2022) and 13 additional international events, helping the U.S. to 11 first-place finishes.
The Detroit, Michigan, native has worked with both the U.S Under-17 and Under-18 teams at the NTDP that compete in the United States Hockey League as well as against NCAA (Division I & III) and international opponents.
Prior to joining the NTDP, MacDonald served on the OHL Plymouth Whalers staff for 17 seasons. During that time, the Whalers captured one J. Ross Robertson Cup (2006-07) as league playoff champions along with three Hamilton Spectator trophies as the league’s regular-season champions (1999, 2000, 2002). His tenure in Plymouth included work as an athletic trainer and equipment manager, while also handling team logistics.
MacDonald graduated in 1995 from Wayne State University with a degree in exercise science.
Tim Macre is serving as an athletic trainer for the U.S. Men's National Team for the first time.
He has been an athletic trainer for the National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres since 2005-06.
He spent the previous nine years in the New York Rangers organization. Macre was the head athletic trainer for the Hartford Wolf Pack and the Binghamton Rangers in the American Hockey League. While with the Wolf Pack, the team won the 2000 Calder Cup championship and he worked the 2001 AHL All-Star Classic in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
In addition to his athletic training certification, Macre is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist.
A 1994 graduate of Bowling Green State University, Macre resides in Lancaster, N.Y., with his wife, Katie, and their children, Andrew (6), Ashley (4) and Cameron (2).
The 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championship marked the second time Paul Mara served as an assistant coach with the U.S. Women's National Team. He served in the same capacity for the U.S. Women's National Team for a two-game series vs. Canada in December 2016, including the Team USA Winter Champions Series contest in Plymouth, Mich.
The defenseman played parts of 12 seasons in the NHL and was a bronze medalist with Team USA at the 2004 International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s World Championship.
Mara played 734 NHL games and accumulated 253 points (64g, 189a) with six different franchises, including the Tampa Bay Lightning (1998-2001), Phoenix Coyotes (2001-06), Boston Bruins (2006-07), New York Rangers (2007-09), Anaheim Ducks (2010-11) and Montreal Canadiens (2009-10, 2011). His best season came in 2005-06 with the Coyotes, in which Mara led all Phoenix defensemen with a career-high 47 points (15g, 32a).
On the international stage, Mara competed in three-consecutive IIHF World Junior Championships (1997-99) with Team USA, appearing in 19 games and totaling seven points (2g, 5a). He also notched a goal and dished out a pair of assists in nine games while helping the U.S. earn a bronze medal at the 2004 IIHF Men’s World Championship.
The Belmont, Massachusetts, native played two seasons of high school hockey for Belmont Hill School before playing parts of two seasons each with the Sudbury Wolves (1996-98) and Plymouth Whalers (1997-99).
Ryan Martin, who currently serves as assistant general manager of the New York Rangers and general manager of the Hartford Wolf Pack, is the general manager of the 2022 U.S. Men’s National Team.
Martin is in his first year with the Rangers after a 16-year stint (2005-21) with the Detroit Red Wings, including 11 seasons (2010-21) as the team’s assistant general manager and eight seasons as the general manager of the Grand Rapids Griffins (2013-21).
Martin has been closely involved with USA Hockey for the last decade, assisting in player personnel for the U.S. National Junior Team. During that time, the U.S. has earned six total medals, including three gold (2013, 2017, 2021), one silver (2019) and two bronze (2016, 2018).
Prior to joining the Red Wings in 2005, Martin spent seven years in various legal roles. From 2003-05, he was the in-house corporate counsel for a group of closely-held businesses in Massachusetts and also worked as a part-time scout for the Omaha Lancers (USHL). Before that, he worked four years as an attorney and NHLPA certified player agent representing professional hockey players in all facets of their careers. Martin also spent a year with the firm Messner & Reeves, LLC, specializing in corporate, commercial transactional and taxation law.
A native of Connecticut, Martin graduated from Trinity College in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Legal Studies. He went on to earn a law degree from the University of Denver College of Law in 1997 and an LL.M. in taxation from the University of Denver College of Law in 1998.
Colin Mayberry is serving as the Brendan Burke Intern with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program during the 2016-17 season. This will be his first time on staff at an IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championship.
During the 2016-17 season he served on the staff of the U.S. National Under-17 Team at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and with the U.S. National Under-18 Team that secured first place at the 2017 Under-18 Five Nations Tournament in Sundsvall, Sweden.
Prior to joining the NTDP, Mayberry, a 2012 graduate of Bryant University (R.I.) who also earned his master of business administration from Seton Hall University, most recently worked with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits of the ECHL. With the Swamp Rabbits, Mayberry started a statistical analysis project for the team, operated game film software, and assisted with marketing and game operations.
He also previously served as an assistant coach and head of advanced stats and analytics for Seton Hall’s club ice hockey team, and as a scout for Future Considerations.
Kris Mayotte returns as an assistant coach for the third time after helping the U.S. National Junior Team claim the gold medal at the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in Montreal and Toronto, Canada.
Mayotte enters his second season as assistant coach for the University of Michigan after being named to the position in August 2019. The Wolverines were ranked No. 17 in the nation and No. 14 in the Pairwise with an 18-14-4 record. Michigan captured the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten tournament after closing out the second half of the season 9-3-2. The Wolverines are undefeated on the road since January with a 6-0-2 record to move from last place in the B1G standings (seven points) into a three-way tie for second place with an 11-10-3 conference record.
Prior to Michigan, Mayotte coached five seasons as an assistant coach at Providence College where he worked closely with the Friar goaltenders as well as the penalty kill unit and with all aspects of recruiting. In his first season with the Friars, the program claimed its first-ever NCAA national championship with a 4-3 victory over Boston University.
Prior to Providence, Mayotte spent two seasons (2012-14) as an assistant coach at St. Lawrence University. There, Mayotte served as the primary recruiter and worked closely with the goaltenders and penalty kill unit. Mayotte came to St. Lawrence after serving as a volunteer assistant coach at Cornell (2011-12) and a full-time goalie coach in Maryland (2010-11).
As a college player, Mayotte was Union College's starting goaltender from 2002-06 and finished his college career with 116 games played and a 2.69 goals-against average while earning ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team (2003) and ECAC Second All-Star Team (2006) honors.
Upon the completion of his collegiate career, Mayotte finished the 2005-06 season with four games as a member of the East Coast Hockey League’s San Diego Gulls and one game with the Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League. After skating the 2006-07 season with Central Hockey League’s Arizona Sundogs, Mayotte split the next three seasons (2007-10) between three AHL teams (Hershey Bears, Bridgeport Sound Tigers and Adirondack Phantoms) and two ECHL teams (Fresno Falcons, Johnstown Chiefs) in the East Coast Hockey League.
Before his collegiate hockey career, Mayotte spent the 2001-02 season with the Clark Cup champion Sioux City Musketeers, where he registered a 2.57 goals-against-average and .910 save percentage.
Natives of Pittsburgh, Pa., Mayotte and his wife, Juli, reside in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Kevin McLaughlin, whose international experience with U.S. teams spans nearly 20 years, returns as team manager of the U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select Team for the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup after serving in the same role for the U.S. entry that placed fourth in the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. During his time with the U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select Team, McLaughlin has helped the U.S. earn nine top-three finishes (two first-place finishes, six runner-up efforts and one third-place finish) in international play, three of which have come in the last six Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournaments.
Currently USA Hockey’s senior director of hockey development, McLaughlin also served as the director of hockey operations for the U.S. Men’s National Team that won bronze at the 2018 International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s World Championship. His other international experience includes oversight of the U.S. Under-17 Men’s Select Team that competes in the Under-17 Five Nations Tournament. The U.S. has captured seven tournament crowns in the last eight Five Nations Tournaments.
In his role with USA Hockey, McLaughlin oversees USA Hockey’s youth hockey department and programs, the youth and high school national championships, and all national player development camps. McLaughlin is also responsible for the Hockey Director Training and Certification Program at the North American Rink Conference & Expo (NARCE).
Additionally, McLaughlin serves as the USA Hockey staff liaison for many councils and committees, including the Youth Council, Player Development Committee, High School Section and STAR. He also has been a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation Development Committee since 2003 and an IIHF Learn to Play Instructor since 2000.
Nick Meldrum is serving as an equipment manager for a U.S. National Junior Team for the second time in 2024. His previous international experience includes serving as an equipment manager for the gold medal-winning 2009 U.S. Under-18 Men's National Team.
Meldrum is in his 15th season with the University of Denver men's ice hockey team. Since his arrival, Meldrum has played a role in helping the Pioneers claim one NCAA national championship (2017), four NCAA Frozen Four appearances (2016-17, 2019, 2022), three NCHC regular-season titles (2010, 2017, 2022, 2023), two NCHC Frozen Faceoff titles (2014, 2018) and appearances in 12 NCAA Tournaments.
Prior to joining Denver, Meldrum spent two seasons (2007-09) with USA Hockey's National Team Development Program while it was located in Ann Arbor, Mich. During his tenure with the NTDP, Meldrum worked with both the U.S. National Under-17 and Under-18 Teams. In addition to his IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship gold medal win, Meldrum was part of the U.S. staff that earned second place at the 2007 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge.
Amanda Meyer is serving as the athletic trainer of the U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team for the first time in her career after working two consecutive years at the USA Hockey Women's National Festival.
Meyer currently works as a neurosurgery physician assistant at Baystate Health in Springfield, Massachusetts. Prior to that, she worked at Colby College in Waterville, Maine as an assistant athletic trainer.
Steve Miller will serve on his sixth U.S. National Junior Team in 2024. He helped the United States earn gold in 2017 and 2021, silver in 2019, and bronze in 2019.
A three-time NCAA national champion as an assistant coach (Providence – 2015; Denver – 2004, 2005), Miller’s 34-year coaching career began in 1989 and has seen him contribute to 21 NCAA Tournament berths, five Frozen Four appearances, six conference tournament titles, and six regular-season league championships during his time with St. Mary’s University, Miami (Ohio) University, University of Denver, Providence College, Air Force Academy, Ohio State University, and now at the University of Minnesota
The 2023-24 season marks Miller's second campaign as associate head coach for the University of Minnesota's men's hockey team. In his first season behind the bench, Miller helped the Gophers to a frozen four and national championship game appearance.
Previously, Miller served as an associate head coach for the Ohio State University men’s ice hockey team from 2018-22. During the 2018-19 campaign, Miller helped lead the Buckeyes to their first Big Ten regular-season conference title in program history, just one year after reaching the 2018 NCAA Frozen Four for just the second time in program history.
Prior to joining Ohio State in July 2017, Miller enjoyed successful stints with both the Air Force Academy (2015-17) and Providence College (2014-15). As director of hockey for Air Force, Miller helped the Falcons capture the 2017 Atlantic Hockey Championship and an NCAA Elite Eight berth. As an assistant coach for the Providence Friars, Miller helped the program claim its first-ever national championship with a 4-3 victory over Boston University in the championship game.
From 1994-2014, Miller enjoyed 20 seasons at the University of Denver, including as an associate head coach during his final three seasons. Named an assistant coach for the Pioneers in 1994, Miller helped the Pioneers claim back-to-back NCAA National Championships in 2004 and 2005, three WCHA regular-season championships and four WCHA Tournament (Final Five) titles. Additionally, his time at Denver saw him coach and recruit 41 NHL Draft picks, 55 All-WCHA honorees, 14 World Junior Championship participants, 15 All-Americans, one Hobey Baker Award winner, four WCHA Student-Athletes of the Year, three WCHA Defensive Players of the Year, two WCHA MVPs, one WCHA Rookie of the Year and two Frozen Four Most Outstanding Players. For his efforts, Miller was tabbed the recipient of the 2009 American Hockey Coaches Association’s Terry Flanagan Award, which recognizes an assistant coach’s body of work.
Miller joined Denver after spending two seasons as a graduate assistant at Miami University and one season at his alma mater, St. Mary’s University, where he played three seasons. In 1989, he was behind the bench as St. Mary’s captured the 1989 MAC playoff championship and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament.
Chris Mizer is serving as an athletic trainer for the U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team for the second time, having previously served in the same role for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
Mizer was the athletic trainer for the gold medal-winning U.S. men’s ice hockey team at the 2016 Youth Olympic Games and has held similar roles for Team USA at the 2003 IIHF Men’s World Championship and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.
Mizer was the head athletic trainer for the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets for eight seasons (2000-08) after spending the 1998-99 campaign as the head athletic trainer for the AHL’s Cincinnati’s Mighty Ducks.
He is currently the director of regional outreach development at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center where he has served since 2009.
Scott Monaghan is serving as the general manager of the U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team for the 24th time at the 2024 IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship. Monaghan has been on staff for all 11 gold medal-winning U.S. teams at the 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2023 events.
An original staff member of USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, he currently serves as USA Hockey’s assistant executive director of the NTDP and USA Hockey Arena, where he is responsible for all aspects of both entities.
Monaghan was also on staff for the gold medal-winning squad at the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship in Regina and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, as well as at the 1999 and 2000 events.
Additionally, the Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, native served on the staff for nine teams at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge (2010-12, 2016-19, 2022-23), where he helped lead the U.S. to three first-place (2010, 2017, 2022) and four second-place (2011, 2012, 2019, 2023) finishes.
Monaghan works closely with the NTDP coaching staffs to develop the challenging schedule the teams play, including the growth of an NCAA Division I/III schedule for the Under-18 Team and the program’s transition to a full-time member of the United States Hockey League. In addition, he oversaw the NTDP’s transition to USA Hockey Arena by supervising renovations and construction of new facilities.
Monaghan, who sits on the USA Hockey Player Development Committee and the USA Hockey Junior Council, was honored at the USA Hockey Annual Congress in 2009 with the President’s Award, recognizing his outstanding contributions to the organization.
Prior to joining the NTDP, Monaghan spent eight years with the Lake Superior State University Athletic Department where he served as the Lakers’ sports information director for four seasons (1989-93), before being appointed assistant athletic director in 1993.
While with the Lakers, Monaghan coordinated fundraising and construction for the $5.9 million Gem of the North, as well as marketing and ticket sales. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University in 1987.
Greg Moore is serving as an assistant coach for the U.S. Men's National Team at the IIHF Men's World Championship for the first time in 2024.
Moore previously served as an assistant coach for the 2017 IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship, after winning gold as a player with Team USA in 2002.
Moore recently completed his second season with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, as intern assistant coach of the U.S. National Under-18 Team.
Moore previously spent two seasons as a player for the NTDP from 2000-02. He was also a member of the Under-17 Team that placed first at the 2001 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. He was also a member of the U.S. National Junior Team that claimed the United States’ first gold medal in tournament history in 2004.
Prior to joining the NTDP coaching staff, Moore played professional hockey for the Deutsche Eishockey Liga’s Augsburg Panthers in 2014-15. Moore also spent time in the National Hockey League and American Hockey League.
Following his NTDP career, Moore skated for the University of Maine men’s ice hockey program (2002-06). Moore was selected as team captain during his senior season, was a top-10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award and earned Hockey East First Team and All-America First Team honors.
Bob Motzko, who guided the U.S. National Junior Team to its fourth-ever gold medal at the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in Montreal and Toronto, Canada, will return as head coach for the 2018 U.S. National Junior Team. Previously, he served as an assistant coach for the 2014 U.S. National Junior Team that finished fifth at the 2014 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in Malmo, Sweden.
Entering his 13th season at the helm of St. Cloud State University’s men’s ice hockey team, the 2014 NCHC Coach of the Year and two-time WCHA Coach of the Year (2007, 2006) has guided his alma mater to a 251-183-43 overall record that includes seven 20 or more win seasons; seven NCAA tournament appearances; one NCAA Frozen Four appearance; two regular-season conference titles (one each: WCHA, NCHC); and one NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship.
Prior to his time at St. Cloud, Motzko served in multiple coaching capacities at four different schools, including a four-season span at the University of Minnesota (2001-05) that was highlighted by back-to-back NCAA national championships in 2002 and 2003. His other collegiate coaching stints were with Miami University (1991-93, ’94-98), the University of Denver (1993-94) and St. Cloud (1986-87).
Additionally, Motzko twice served as a general manager and head coach in the United States Hockey League, the only Tier I junior hockey league in the United States, where he was twice named USHL General Manager of the Year. In his first USHL stint, Motzko oversaw the North Iowa Huskies for four full seasons (187-91) that included a 1989 United States Junior A national championship and his first USHL General Manager of the Year honor. In 1999, Motzko returned to the USHL with the newly-founded Sioux Falls Stampede. Over the team’s first two seasons in the USHL, Motzko led the Stampede to a 77-31-6 (W-L-T) record that included a 40-14-14 (W-L-T) sophomore campaign to culminate in Motzko’s second USHL General Manager of the Year award.
A 1987 graduate of St. Cloud State University, Motzko was a two-year varsity letterwinner for the Huskies hockey program from 1984-86. He began his coaching career the following year as an assistant coach for the legendary Herb Brooks at St. Cloud.
A native of Austin, Minnesota, Bob and his wife, Shelley, have three children and reside in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Dan Muse is serving as head coach of the U.S. Under-18 Men's National Team for the second time at the 2023 IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship, having previously coached the 2021 squad.
Muse is currently in his third season as a head coach at USA Hockey's National Team Development Program. Head coach of this year’s Under-18 Team, Muse has led the team to a 43-13-0 record so far this season, after spending the 2021-22 campaign with the Under-17 Team.
With 16 wins this season, the NTDP Under-18 Team set a single-season win record over NCAA opponents under Muse’s leadership, including 15 over Division I opponents – another single-season NTDP record.
On the international stage, Muse was Team USA’s video coach at the 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship, where the U.S. bought home gold, and served in the same capacity the following year. In addition, the Canton, Mass., native recently captured first place at the 2022 Under-18 Five Nations Championship at USA Hockey Arena last November.
Muse, who holds over 15 years of coaching experience, was an assistant coach for the NHL’s Nashville Predators for three seasons before his arrival in Plymouth, helping the team to two Central Division titles, including the 2017-18 Presidents’ Trophy. While in Nashville, he led the penalty kill and worked primarily with the Predators’ forward group.
Prior to his stint with Predators, Muse served as head coach of the USHL’s Chicago Steel for two seasons, where he led the team to a Clark Cup championship in 2017. Additionally, he spent time on staff at Yale University (2009-2015), where he helped the Bulldogs to the 2013 NCAA title, Sacred Heart University (2008-09) and spent one year as assistant coach at Williams College (2007-08) after beginning his coaching career as an assistant at Milton Academy in 2005.
Tom Mulligan is serving as an athletic trainer for the U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team for the first time. He’s worked with Team USA in international competition at three previous events, including a pair of International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s World Championships (2008, 2012) and the 2004 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp in Grand Forks, N.D.
Mulligan has served as the head athletic trainer of the National Hockey League’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the past 11 years, including the 2003-04 season when he helped the organization to the 2004 Stanley Cup. With the Lightning, he’s in charge of each aspect of the club’s medical and training operations.
Prior to joining the Lightning organization, Mulligan spent four seasons as the head athletic trainer and physical therapist for the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League. While with the Bruins, Mulligan’s responsibilities included all traditional athletic training duties as well as massages, and strength and conditioning.
A 1997 graduate of Quinnipiac College, Mulligan served as the trainer for the men’s ice hockey team for three seasons and also provided services to all other sports programs at the school.
A native of New Bedford, Mass., Mulligan and wife, Kellie, reside in Tampa, Fla., with sons, Tyler and Zach, and daughter, Abigail.
Andrea Mazzarelli was named USA Hockey's manager of communications in July 2017.
Mazzarelli’s primary role is supporting of the U.S. Women’s National Team program where she serves as the principal point of contact for media and public relations.
Before joining USA Hockey, Mazzarelli served as coordinator of communications for the United States Olympic Committee since January 2015. During her time with the USOC, Mazzarelli was involved with both marketing and strategic communications initiatives through the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and Toronto 2015 Pan American Games. As marketing communications coordinator, she worked on the USOC’s Olympism, community outreach and goodwill communications campaigns, such as the Team USA Ambassador Program, Team for Tomorrow and #WeLoveRio campaign.
Prior to joining the USOC, the Revere, Massachusetts, native spent two seasons with the Boston Bruins serving in two different marketing roles – promotions and marketing activation. She planned and executed Boston Bruins fan fests and other fan-facing events, managed part-time game night staff, Ice Girls and the Boston Bruins mascot program, and supported the corporate partnerships team.
Mazzarelli earned a bachelor’s degree from the College of the Holy Cross in May 2011 and currently resides in Colorado Springs.
This is Bill McClellan's second time serving as team leader for the U.S. Under-17 Men's Select Team, his first being in 2019 where Team USA finished second at the Five Nations Tournament.
He currently serves as the District 8 Head Coach in the Minnesota District Coaching Program, and is in his third year an assistant coach of the varsity boy’s hockey team at the Academy of Holy Angels.
Additionally, McClellan has worked at two USA Hockey Player Development Camps and has been coaching high school hockey since 1994.
He was a member of the men’s hockey team at Augsburg University (1982-1986 and spent one year playing for the Carolina Thunderbirds of the ACHL (1986-87).
Kevin Margarucci is serving as the athletic trainer for the U.S. Youth Olympic Men’s Hockey Team for the first time in 2024. He most recently held the same position for the U.S.Under-17 Men's Select Team that placed second at the 2023 Five Nations Tournament.
Margarucci brings more than 25 years of experience as a certified athletic trainer and has been involved in hockey for more than 35 years. He currently serves as USA Hockey’s manager of player of safety, where he is engaged with USA Hockey councils, committees, sections and staff in addition to external constituent groups, in all areas of safety, with a focus on education and research.
Margarucci served as head athletic trainer and was a teacher at Lewis-Palmer High School in Monument, Colo., from 2001-15, where he worked with the school’s interscholastic teams and helped develop a concussion management plan for the district’s student-athletes. He was also an assistant boy’s hockey coach at Lewis-Palmer from 2006-17, and head coach from 2017-19.
Over the course of his career, he has worked as an athletic trainer in high school, collegiate, hospital and clinical settings as well as with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
Margarucci holds a master’s degree in athletic training from Indiana State University and a bachelor’s degree in physical education and athletic training from the State University of New York College at Brockport.
He has been widely involved with the Colorado Athletic Trainers’ Association both as chair of the public relations committee (2004-07) and as part of the governmental affairs committee (2007-15). He currently serves on the executive committee for the Hockey Equipment Certification Council.
Kevin Moore is serving as an assistant coach for the 2019 U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select Team that will compete in the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. He is currently an assistant coach with the men’s hockey team at Adrian College.
Before joining the Bulldogs, Moore spent two years with the Princeton men’s hockey team, where he served as a volunteer goaltending coach before being promoted to director of hockey operations and analytics for the 2017-18 season. While at Princeton, the Tigers won the 2018 ECAC Hockey championship and earned a berth in the 2018 NCAA tournament. He was an assistant coach with Lawrenceville School for the 2017-18 season.
In addition, Moore served as a goaltending coach for the New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs organization from 2013 to 2016, and was a member of Goaltending Development Services. The Belle Mead, N.J. native has also served as a coach at USA Hockey Player Development camps for the last three summers.
A 2012 Journalism graduate from the University of Massachusetts, Moore followed up his collegiate career with a professional stint with the Evansville Icemen of the East Coast Hockey League. He also continued a pursuit in journalism and has been featured in many hockey publications, most notably in The Hockey News where his article "The Pride of Princeton" described his time as a youth hockey player at Baker Rink. In 2015, he co-authored with Matt Lawrence a goalie training book entitled "Ironman Goaltending: The Pro’s Guide to Home Off-Ice Goaltending Development."
Katie Million, who brings 20-plus years of sport management experience, is currently serving as director of women’s national team programs for USA Hockey and General Manager of the U.S. Women's National Team programs.
Million, who helped lead the U.S. to the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship title, also held the general manager title for the silver medal-winning 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship and 2022 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey teams. Million joins USA Hockey after serving at the collegiate level as women’s commissioner and vice president of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
Million joined the WCHA in 2016 and managed all facets of the women’s league operations, including its successful Final Faceoff championship. In her role, she has been a primary interface with a wide variety of constituent groups, from USA Hockey, the NHL and NCAA, to the American Hockey Coaches Association, College Hockey Inc., the Ice Hockey Commissioner’s Association and multiple NCAA committees.
Prior to her time with the WCHA, Million spent 17 years in varying event-based roles, including as director of events her final three years, with the Olympic Regional Development Authority in Lake Placid, New York. She managed and directed numerous sports competitions while at ORDA, including world cups, world championships and national events across multiple sports including hockey, skiing, bobsled, figure skating, skeleton and luge.
Million, who is a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame Museum board of directors, is a native of Hannibal, New York.
McLaughlin-Bittle is serving as goaltending coach for the U.S. Women's National Team. Most recently, she served as a goalie coach at the 2019 U.S. Women's National Festival in Lake Placid, New York. She also lent her expertise to USA Hockey's top goalie camp the past two years, plus the girls' Under-18 camp and the boys' Under-17 camp earlier this summer.
As a player, McLaughlin-Bittle appeared in the U.S. Women's Under-22 series with Canada in 2008. A two-time Olympic Silver Medalist, McLaughlin-Bittle played goalie for the U.S. in the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.
McLaughlin-Bittle played four seasons for RMU from 2005-09, leaving school with a .910 save percentage in 120 games played for the program, plus NCAA Division I's all-time record for saves in a career. She also served as an assistant coach at RMU from 2011-13.
Following her time with the U.S. Women's National Team, she played two seasons for the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League, leading the team to the Isobel Cup league championship in 2016-17.
Mullin, who served as an assistant coach for Team USA at the 2022 IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championship where the U.S. brought home a silver medal and 2022 Five Nations Tournament where the U.S. finished second, is serving as an assistant coach for the U.S. Under-18 Men's Select Team for the first time.
The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, native, who helped the USA Hockey National Team Development Program’s Under-17 team to the 2023 Clark Cup Playoffs, recently wrapped his third season as an assistant coach at the NTDP. Mullin also had stints as the Ohio AAA Blue Jackets director of player development and advancement, and as director of scouting for the NAHL's Chippewa Steel.
Mullin played five seasons of college hockey, including four (2011-15) at Miami University and one (2015-16) at Minnesota State University, before going on to play three years (2016-19) professionally with the ECHL’s Kalamazoo Wings. He also played for Team USA at the 2010 World Jr. A Challenge where he led the tournament in goals, including the game-winner in the championship game.
Chris MacFarland, assistant general manager for the Colorado Avalanche, is part of the management staff for the 2022 U.S. Men’s National Team, serving as a player personnel consultant to help select the team.
The 2021-22 season marks MacFarland’s seventh season as assistant general manager for the Colorado Avalanche. In his role, he works closely with Avalanche executive vice president/general manager Joe Sakic regarding all hockey-related matters.
Prior to his time with the Avalanche, MacFarland served 16 years in hockey operations for the Columbus Blue Jackets where he assisted in scouting at the professional and amateur level, player contract research and negotiations, salary cap management and arbitration, collective bargaining agreement administration, budgeting and team scheduling issues. He spent the last seven seasons as the club’s assistant general manager.
Parker Metz is serving as the team leader for the U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select team for the second time, having previously worked with the 2022 squad in the same capacity.
Metz, who is set to start his fourth season as the head coach of the hockey team at Fargo North/South Girls High School this fall, has served as a team leader at select USA Hockey festivals and tournaments since 2009, and also volunteered at USA Hockey's National Team Development Program in 2016.
Additionally, the Fargo, North Dakota, native, spent one year as a scout and assistant coach for the USHL’s Omaha Lancers (2018-19).
Will Morlock is overseeing sports science for the U.S. Men's National Team at the IIHF Men's World Championship for the first time un 2023. He previously served as the strength and conditioning coach of the U.S. National Junior Team in 2023.
Morlock, who recently wrapped up his second season as the head of athletic performance for the Michigan State University’s men’s ice hockey team, is a certified strength and conditioning coach through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Morlock has completed Reflexive Performance Reset Level 3, ELDOA level 4, Functional Range Conditioning and Assessment courses and is certified in Applied Functional Science and 3DMAPs through the Gray Institute. In addition to his work with the team in the weight room, Morlock works closely with the athletic training and hockey analytics departments.
Prior to joining MSU, Morlock was the director of performance for GVN Performance in Plymouth, Mich. and concurrently served as the head of strength and conditioning for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program. In his role with GVN, he led a comprehensive off-season program for NHL, AHL, collegiate and youth players.
Before joining GVN, Morlock served as the strength and conditioning coach for the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the USHL and Fruitport High School in Michigan. He was also a camp strength and conditioning coach for the Chicago Blackhawks during the 2019 prospect development camp and main preseason camp.
This is Joe Meloni's first time serving as director of sports science for the U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team.
Meloni, who was most recently on staff with the U.S. National Under-17 Team at the 2023 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, is currently within his second season with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program. With the NTDP, he serves as the head strength coach for both the U.S. National Under-17 and Under-18 Teams. Additionally, the Falmouth, Massachusetts, native was on staff as the strength and conditioning coach for the 2023 U.S. Men’s National Team.
Prior to joining the NTDP, Meloni served as the head of strength and conditioning for Windy City Storm youth hockey from 2020-22. From 2018-2020, he was strength and conditioning coach for athletics at Malden Catholic High School in Malden, Massachusetts.
The Keene State University alumni also interned with the NHL’s San Jose Sharks in 2018.
Jeff Mobley is currently served as the equipment manager for the U.S. Women's National Team, and has supported the team at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship.
Mobley currently is the equipment manager for PWHL Boston. Prior, Mobley was the equipment manager for the Boston College women's hockey team.
Dr. Daryl Moore is serving as a physical therapist for the U.S. Men's National Team at the IIHF Men's World Championship for the first time in 2024.
Dr. Daryl Moore graduated with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy (DPT) from the University of Michigan in 2018 and became a board certified sports clinical specialist in 2022. He is a former Division-1 and semi-professional hockey player. He played at Western Michigan University from 2002-2006 and in the minors for 5 years following. Daryl enjoys working with patients of all ages and educating them on what they can do to get back to the activities and sports that they love. He utilizes various hands-on/manual therapy techniques, as well as functional dry needling, instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization, and proper exercise prescription to restore normal and pain-free movement. His experience as a professional athlete has played an important role in his ability to understand the needs of high-level athletes looking to improve their performance and help them stay healthy in their day-to-day grind.
