Coaches Bio

		Midget Adam Bergen Certified Level 4 Advanced USA Hockey Coach 2007-08 Assistant Coach High Point High School 2007-2008 Assistant Coach Kinnelon Ice Hockey (Bantams ) 2006-07 Director of Hockey Operations at Skylands Ice World 2005-06 Lead Instructor for Planet Hockey USA 2001-2005 Played at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario Assistant Captain as a Senior PJ Scriffignano* Certified Level 3 Intermediate USA Hockey Coach *2007 - 2008* Assistant Coach, Mountain Lakes Varsity Ice Hockey Team Head coach, JV Ice Hockey Team *2005* Coach, Morristown High School Summer League Team *2004* Coach, Morris County Colonials Youth Spring Hockey League – Squirt, Pee Wee *Playing Experience* *2000 - 2001* Wagner College Men’s Hockey Team, MACHA Championship Team *1999 – 2000* Staten Island Sabers, Eastern Junior Hockey League *1998 – 2000* Morristown High School, Captain, Varsity Team *1988 – 1999* Morris County Colonials Youth Hockey, Mite through Bantam. Asst Capt of AA Pee Wee team that went to National Championship, Michigan *1994 – 1997* Morristown Beard Middle School, Morristown Beard High School, played Varsity as a freshman *Awards, Achievements* *1997 – 2000* MVP Morristown High School *2000* MVP NJ High School Senior All-Star Game *1999 - 2000* 1^st Team- All Halvorsen Division, MCSSIHL Rob Miller Certified Level 4 Advanced USA Hockey Coach Hockey Instruction and Coaching 1995 – 1999 Mennen Hockey School, Summer Instructor, Morristown, NJ 2000 – 2002 Philips Exeter Hockey School, Summer Instructor, Exeter, NH 2003 – 2005 Peak Performance Hockey Camps, Summer Skills Instructor, Winona, MN 2005 – 2007 Boot Camp Hockey, Summer Chief Instructor. Lake Placid, Morrisville, NY 2006 – 2007 Livingston High School, Varsity Head Coach, Livingston, NJ 2007 – 2008 Rob Barletta’s Hockey School, Director, Walpole, MA 2007 – 2008 Walpole Express Jr Hockey Program. Assistant Jr A Tier III, Junior B, Walpole, MA 2009 – 2010 Head Coach, New York Aviators Professional Hockey Team, Brooklyn,NY Professional Hockey Playing Career 2008 – 2009 Brooklyn Aces, Eastern Professional Hockey League. Player Assistant Coach and Team Captain. 2004 – 2006 Knoxville Ice Bears, Southern Professional Hockey League. 2003 – 2004 Lakeland Loggerheads, World Hockey Association 2 2002 – 2003 Jacksonville Barracudas, Atlantic Coast Hockey League Professional Honors and Awards 2004 – 2005 Won Commissioner's Cup. Best regular season record in the SPHL 2005 – 2006 Won Commissioner's Cup. Best record in the SPHL 2005 – 2006 Won President's Cup. League Championship SPHL College Hockey Playing Career and Awards 1997 – 1999 New Hampshire College, ECAC Northeast honorable mention team, DII/III 1999 – 2001 Salem State College, ECAC East Second Team all-league, DIII 1998 – 1999 Second Team All-American DII, NCAA 2000 – 2001 New England College Sports Writer's Award Most Valuable Defenseman – Voted by Peers

		Bantam Jeff Whritenour Certified Level 1 USA Hockey Coach Kinnelon High School Player 2002 – 2003 Kinnelon Mite Coach 2003 – 2005 Kinnelon Mite Head Coach 2005 – 2007 Kinnelon Squirt Head Coach 2007 – 2009 Kinnelon Pee Wee Head Coach 1989 - 2002 & 2008 – 2009 USA Carded Ice Hockey Official `Frank Naugle` `Certified Level 4 Advanced` `USA` `Hockey Coach` `Kinnelon` `High SchoolPlayer2006 – 2007 Kinnelon Squirt Head Coach2007 – 2008 Kinnelon Squirt Assistant Coach2008 – 2009 Kinnelon Pee Wee Assistant Coach`

		Middle School Jay Mazzola Certified Level 3 Intermediate USA Hockey Coach 2006 - Present VP Kinnelon Ice Hockey Club 2002 - 2007 Asst. Coach for Kinnelon Mite 2003 - 2006 Asst. Coach for the Kinnelon Yellow & Green Squirt 2006 - 2007 Asst. Coach Kinnelon Yellow Peewee 2007 - 2008 Head Coach Kinnelon Green Peewee Tom Bishop Certified Level 4 Advanced USA Hockey Coach Seton Hall Prep Ice Hockey 1979-1982 Rider University Ice Hockey 1982-1986 Coach Kinnelon Ice Hockey Squirts 1996-1997 Coach Kinnelon Ice Hockey Mites 2001-present Asst. Coach Montclair Blues Squirt B -2006-2007 Asst. Coach Colonials Squirt A 2007-2008 Asst. Coach Seton Hall Prep JV 2007-2008

		PeeWee Nick Gakos Certified Level 2 USA Hockey Coach 1970-71 Morris Knolls H.S. JV Ice Hockey 1971-74 Morris Knolls H.S. Varsity Ice Hockey 1973-74 Capt., Morris Knolls H.S. Varsity Ice Hockey 1973-74 MVP Morris Knolls H.S. Varsity Ice Hockey Spring ‘74 Recruited Hamilton College 1974-75 Intramural Ice Hockey Univ. of Vermont 1976-78 Club Hockey Rutgers University 1995-96 Varsity Ice Hockey Asst. and Goalie Coach Morris Hills H.S. 1996-99 Head Coach Varsity Ice Hockey Morris Hills H.S. 1998-99 State Tournament Play-Offs 2004-07 KHC Head Mite Coach

		Squirt Randy Velischek Played 13 years of professional hockey and 10 years in the NHL with the NJ Devils, Quebec Nordiques and Minnesota North Stars. Randy has 21 years of experience directing and coaching youth hockey camps and clinics for players of all ages. Mark Puttenvink Albany River Rats 1994-1995 Strength and Conditioning Coach New Jersey Devils 1998-1999 Special Assignment Coach New York Rangers 2001-2002 Strength and Conditioning Player Development Coach Metro Fighting Moose Junior "A" 2003-2004 General Manager/Coach World Cup of Hockey 2004 NHL Representative Europe

		Mite Tom Bishop Certified Level 4 Advanced USA Hockey Coach Seton Hall Prep Ice Hockey 1979-1982 Rider University Ice Hockey 1982-1986 Coach Kinnelon Ice Hockey Squirts 1996-1997 Coach Kinnelon Ice Hockey Mites 2001-present Asst. Coach Montclair Blues Squirt B -2006-2007 Asst. Coach Colonials Squirt A 2007-2008 Asst. Coach Seton Hall Prep JV 2007-2008 Dan Colucci Certified Level 2 USA Hockey Coach 2004-2008: University of Scranton Men’s Ice Hockey · 05-06 DVCHC League Champions · 05-06 DVCHC All-Star · 07-08 Assistant Captain 2000-2004: Kinnelon High School Ice Hockey · 4 Years Varsity 2002-2003: Garden State Games · 2002 Summer Silver Medalist · 2003 Summer Gold Medalist 1999-2004: New Jersey Colonials · NJYHL Midget A champions (02-03 & 03-04) 1997-1999: Ramapo Saints 1996-1997: New Jersey Mavericks 1995-1996: Kinnelon Cougars (before Kinnelon Youth club became Kinnelon Colts) 2001-Present: Hockey Instructor for Jennifer Perry’s Powerskating Workshop

		Dave Zielinski Dave grew up playing hockey from the age of 5 in New Jersey for the Colonials and Rockets until he was a bantam. After his first year of bantams, Dave left to attend Northwood Prep School in Lake Placid for 2 years before venturing further north to join the Thornhill Rattler’s in the Ontario Provincial Jr. A Hockey League. After several years in Canada, Dave returned home to play for the Metro Moose Jr. A hockey team based out of Monsey, NY, and led all defensemen in the league for goals and second among defensemen for points. After his junior career, he attended Wagner College and graduated at the top of his class with his masters in business management.