Scott Aldrich returns as an equipment manager for the U.S. National Junior Team for the seventh straight year.

A member of Team USA's bronze-medal winning squad last year at the 2016 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in Helsinki, Finland, Aldrich also helped the U.S. to a gold medal at the 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ufa, Russia, and a bronze medal at the 2011 IIHF World Junior Championship in Buffalo, New York.

Additionally, Aldrich has served as an equipment manager for the U.S. Men's National Team for four consecutive years. A member of Team USA's bronze-medal winning squad at the 2015 IIHF Men's World Championship in Ostrava and Prague, Czech Republic, Aldrich was also with the U.S. team that claimed bronze at the 2013 IIHF Men's World Championship in Stockholm, Sweden, and Helsinki, Finland.

Employed full-time by USA Hockey since 2003, Aldrich was promoted to manager of hockey operations for the organization in December of 2014.

From 1996-2001, Aldrich was the head equipment manager for Michigan Tech University's athletic department. He also worked for the East Coast Hockey League's Columbia Inferno from 2001-03.

Aldrich lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with his wife, Nicole, and daughters, Makenna and Ella.