"DEFEAT IS NOT THE WORST OF FAILURES, NOT TO HAVE TRIED IS TRUE FAILURE"

Lance Wolgemuth
Director of Operations

Lance is originally from Manheim Pennsylvania. At 18 he played Jr A hockey in Jackson Hole, WY in the American Frontier Hockey League. At 19 He played minor pro in the Sunshine Hockey League with the Lakeland Warriors. After attending camp for the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL he returned to Junior A hockey playing the the Prince George Spruce Kings of the BCJHL and Amherst Mooseheads of the Maritimes Junior Hockey League. He returned for 1 season to minor pro with the Nashville Nighthawks of the Central hockey League, before attending Augustana University in Camrose Alberta. After leaving Camrose Lance was the Head Coach/GM of Northern State University Hockey team competing in the ACHA. Lance married and moved to Red Deer in 2000 and began working on ways to be involved after his playing years. Lance is the current owner of the Alberta Hockey Academy, Xcelerate Canada Hockey Training Center, and Endlessice Equipment Company; manufacturer of Hockey Skatemills.

 

Mike Garrow, B.Ed., M.A.Ed.

· Master of Arts in Education, University of Phoenix Feb 2008
· Bachelor of Education, University of Alberta May 2001
· Teacher at David Thompson High School

Professional Hockey Experience
  • Played in the American Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League, in Denmark, and in the English Elite League.
  • Attended Minnesota Wild training camp
  • Selected by peers to be an assistant captain, and/or captain four of the six years.

Elite Hockey Training, Sylvan Lake, Alberta., Cardiff, Wales., San Diego, California

  • Developed and directed my own dry-land hockey training program in each city.

Hockey Canada National Coach Certification Program

  • Successfully completed NCCP Development 1.

Executive committee member for the Professional Hockey Players Association

  • One of 12 members selected from 600 people to represent all professional hockey players within the American Hockey League (AHL) and ECHL.

 


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