Dave Gilbert is serving as an equipment manager for USA Hockey for the second time and first as a member of the U.S. National Junior Team staff. In 2005, Gilbert was a member of the equipment staff at USA Hockey’s National Junior Team Evaluation Camp in Lake Placid, New York.

Gilbert has spent the past 16 seasons as equipment manager at the University of Notre Dame, the last 10 of which have been with head coach Jeff Jackson, who he played for at Lake Superior State University (1991-92). During his time in South Bend, Indiana, the Fighting Irish men’s hockey program has made two NCAA Frozen Four appearances (2008, 2011) and seven NCAA Tournament appearances (2004, 2007-09, 2011, 2013-14) while claiming five Central Collegiate Hockey Association titles (regular-season champions: 2006-07, 2008-09; tournament champions: 2007, 2009, 2013).

Prior to joining Notre Dame, Gilbert spent two years (1996-98) as the head equipment manager of Lake Superior State’s 11 varsity sports, where he had spent the previous four years of his undergraduate degree as a student equipment manager for the Lakers’ hockey program while completing his undergraduate degree. As a player, Gilbert was a member of Lake Superior State’s 1991-92 NCAA title team as a walk-on goaltender.

Gilbert and his wife, Heather, reside in South Bend, Indiana, with their daughter, Halle, and their son, Dolan.