Megan VanAuken is serving as an equipment manager at the 2018 USA Hockey Women's National Festival in Lake Placid, New York.
She currently serves in a similar capacity at Colgate University.
Dr. Tracey Viola is a Board Certified Family Physician with a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine, practicing in Lake Placid, NY. She completed her undergraduate and masters work at the University at Albany, where she also played soccer. She earned her medical degree at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2008, completed her residency at Albany Medical Center, and Sports Medicine fellowship at the University of Connecticut. She is a Team Physician for the US Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, USA Women's Hockey, and the United States Olympic Committee, attending the 2015 ParaPanAmerican Games. She is the Medical Director for Ironman Lake Placid, and a volunteer on the Physician Ski Patrol at Whiteface Mountain. She is an active member of the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine and American Academy of Family Physicians.
Jake Visser is serving as the equipment manager for the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team for the second time in at the 2023 World Para Ice Hockey Championship after previously serving as U.S. equipment manager at the 2021 Sled Worlds.
Visser is in his 13th season with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program and worked as the equipment manager for the U.S. National Under-18 Team in 2020-21. His stint has included three gold medals (2011, 2015, 2017) and one silver medal (2013) at the International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s Under-18 World Championship. At the signature event for the U.S. National Under-17 Team, the World Under-17 Challenge, Visser has seen one first-place finish (January 2014) and one second-place finish (2012).
The Grand Rapids, Michigan, native has also served as equipment manager for the U.S. National Junior Team (2015), the U.S. Under-17 Select Teams (2011, 2013), and the U.S. Under-18 Select Teams at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament (2016-17). Additionally, Visser was the equipment manager at USA Hockey’s National Junior Evaluation Camp in 2014.
Prior to his time with the NTDP, Visser worked as the assistant equipment manager for the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League for three seasons (2007-10).
Mike Vogt is serving as an athletic trainer for the U.S. Men’s National Team at the IIHF Men's World Championship for the second time in 2024 after serving in the same capacity for the 2015 squad.
Vogt is currently the head athletic trainer for the Columbus Blue Jackets, where he has been since the summer of 2008. He joined the Blue Jackets after spending seven seasons with Minnesota Wild as an assistant athletic trainer. During the lock-out season of 2004-05, Vogt served as the head athletic trainer for the University of Minnesota’s hockey team.
Prior to joining the Wild, Vogt served as the head athletic trainer/strength and conditioning coach for the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx and the head athletic trainer/strength and conditioning coach for the two-time ABL champion Columbus Quest. Vogt also served as an athletic trainer for the Columbus Xoggz soccer team and many area high school teams.
A native of Canton, Ohio, Vogt earned a bachelor of science degree from The Ohio State University in 1994 as well as a certification as a certified strength and conditioning specialist in 1999. He is an active member of the National Athletic Trainer’s Association, Minnesota Athletic Trainer’s Association, Ohio Athletic Trainer’s Association, Professional Hockey Athletic Trainer’s Association, and the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
He and his wife, Monica, reside in Upper Arlington, Ohio, with their son, Cole, and daughter, Olivia.
Piet VanZant is serving as an athletic trainer for the 2022 U.S. Men’s National Team for the third time, with previous stints with the bronze-medal winning 2021 team as well as the 2019 squad.
The 2021-22 season marked the 15th campaign for VanZant as head athletic trainer for the NHL's Detroit Red Wings and 23rd with the organization overall. He joined the Red Wings’ staff for the 1999-2000 season after spending six years with Detroit’s AHL franchise in Glens Falls, New York.
VanZant earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from Central Michigan University in 1993.
In his role as assistant executive director of hockey operations for USA Hockey, John Vanbiesbrouck is serving on the management staff for the U.S. Men’s National Team for the 2024 IIHF Men’s World Championship.
Vanbiesbrouck, who joined the USA Hockey staff in June 2018, oversees all of USA Hockey’s international efforts, including its men’s, women’s and sled team programs.
He has been part of the management team for the U.S. Men’s National Team at the IIHF Men’s World Championship four previous times (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023), including for Team USA’s bronze-medal finish in 2021. Vanbiesbrouk will serve as part of the team management group for the 2024 tournament.
Vanbiesbrouck has also served as general manager of the U.S. National Junior Team for the last five IIHF World Junior Championships, with gold (2024, 2021), silver (2019) and bronze (2023) medals to his credit during that stretch.
Vanbiesbrouck also served as general manager of the 2022 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team.
Vanbiesbrouck, who also plays a significant role in maintaining and enhancing USA Hockey’s relationships with key constituent groups, including the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and NHL, began his volunteer work in 2008 as an athlete director on USA Hockey’s board of directors and was elected vice president and chair of the Junior Council in 2012.
Prior to his time in the national office, Vanbiesbrouck had a remarkable NHL playing career that spanned parts of 20 seasons and included stops with the New York Rangers, Florida Panthers, Philadelphia Flyers, New York Islanders and New Jersey Devils. The five-time NHL All-Star won 374 games, the most ever by an American netminder in NHL history at the time of his retirement. He earned the Vezina Trophy as the top goaltender in the NHL in 1986 as a member of the New York Rangers and 10 years later helped the Florida Panthers advance to the Stanley Cup Final.
Inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2007, Vanbiesbrouck represented the United States on the international stage as a player on nine occasions, including the Olympic Winter Games in 1998; two Canada Cups (1991, 1987), four IIHF Men’s World Championships (1991, 1989, 1987, 1985) and two IIHF World Junior Championships (1983, 1982).
