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Team Staff

Reagan Carey - General Manager

Carey became USA Hockey’s director of women’s hockey in August 2010. Her primary focus is the management of the U.S. Women’s National Team Program, including elite development efforts of players and coaches. Carey also serves as general manager for all U.S. women’s teams, including the U.S. Women’s Olympic Team.

Team USA has had significant success under her guidance. The U.S. Women’s National Team has won two gold medals (2011, 2013) and a silver medal (2012) at the IIHF’s Women’s World Championship, and finished first on two occasions (2011-12) and second once (2010) at the Four Nations Cup.

As part of USA Hockey’s development initiatives, Carey has overseen all aspects of player development camps, tournaments,and team operations at all levels.

For the two years prior to joining USA Hockey, Carey was the director of fan development and youth marketing for the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers and NBA’s Atlanta Hawks.

Carey is a member of the IIHF Women’s Committee, serves as an advisor on the Board of Directors for the CWHL and is on the Professional Development Council for the American Women’s College Hockey Alliance.

A 2001 graduate of Colby College, Carey played four years of collegiate hockey and volleyball. She was the recipient of the 2010 Colby College Carl E. Nelson Sports Achievement Award.

Katey Stone - Head Coach

Stone, head women’s ice hockey coach at Harvard University, is leading the U.S. Women’s National Team and will be the first female head coach of the U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.
 
Stone has been involved with the U.S. Women’s National Team Program since 2006 and has served as head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team for eight competitions, most recently guiding the U.S. to the gold-medal at the 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championship in Ottawa, Ontario. In total, she has been the head coach for three IIHF Women’s World Championships (gold-2011, 2013; silver-2012), four Four Nations Cups (1st-2008, 2011, 2012;
2nd-2010) and one IIHF Twelve Nations Invitational Tournament Series (2011).  

In 2012, Stone guided Team USA to a silver medal at the IIHF Women’s World Championship in Burlington, Vt., and helped the team capture the Four Nations Cup title in Vantaa and Kerava, Finland.  

Under Stone’s leadership, the U.S. Women’s National Team enjoyed a highly successful season in 2011, earning gold medals at the IIHF Women’s World Championship in Zurich, Switzerland, and the Four Nations Cup in Nykoping, Sweden, as well as the inaugural championship at the IIHF Twelve Nations Invitational Tournament Series in Vierumaki, Finland, where the U.S. went undefeated in six games.

In 2010, Stone led the U.S. to a second-place finish at the Four Nations Cup in St. Johns, N.L., Stone also served as the head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team at the 2008 Women’s Four Nations Cup. There, Team USA captured the tournament title for the first time since 2003.

In addition, Stone led the U.S. to the gold medal at the first-ever IIHF Under-18 Women’s World Championship in January 2008, and also coached the U.S. Women’s National Under-18 Team at the 2007 Under-18 Series against Canada and the U.S. Women’s Under-22 Select Team at the 2006 Under-22 Series against Canada.

Along with her accomplishments on the international stage, Stone is the all-time wins leader in women’s college hockey. She completed her 19th season behind the Harvard bench in 2012-13 and has led the Crimson to a 402-171-35 (.690) record, which included the 1999 American Women’s Collegiate Hockey Alliance national championship, three straight appearances in the NCAA championship game (2003, 2004, 2005), nine NCAA tournament appearances in the event’s 13-year history, six ECAC Hockey regular-season titles, five ECAC Hockey tournament championships, six Ivy League titles and 10 Beanpot championships.

In addition to the team’s success under Stone, she has molded some of the best individual talent in the sport of women’s ice hockey. Stone has coached nine Olympians and six Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winners, presented annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey.

Before coaching at Harvard, Stone served as assistant athletic director and coach at Tabor Academy (Mass.) and had coaching stints at Northfield Mount Hermon (Mass.) and Phillips Exeter Academy (N.H.).

Stone graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1989 with a degree in physical education. She was a captain and four-year letter winner in both hockey and lacrosse and helped the Wildcats hockey team win ECAC championships in 1986 and 1987, and the lacrosse team capture an NCAA title in 1985. She earned All-ECAC honors in hockey and was a two-time All-America selection in lacrosse

Hilary Witt - Assistant Coach

Witt has been involved with the U.S. Women’s National Team over the last seven years, helping the U.S. win a pair of gold medals (2011, 2013) and two silver medals (2007, 2012) at the IIHF Women’s World Championship. She also helped Team USA capture the Four Nations Cup title in 2011 and 2012, along with a second-place finish in 2010. Witt also serves as head scout. The Canton, Mass. native joined USA Hockey in July 2012 after two seasons as assistant coach at Northeastern University. Prior to that, Witt spent nine campaigns at Yale University (2001-10), including eight as the head coach of the women’s ice hockey team. She was named the 2002-03 ECAC Women’s Hockey Coach of the Year. As a player, Witt competed on the U.S. Women’s National Team in 2001 and was a two-time All-ECAC selection while playing for Northeastern. She was inducted into the Northeastern Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Women’s Beanpot Hall of Fame in 2010

Bobby Jay - Assistant Coach

Jay is making his seventh appearance as assistant coach for the U.S. Women’s National Team after serving on the coaching staff at the 2012 and 2013 IIHF Women’s World Championships and the last three Four Nations Cups from 2011-13. He also served at the Women’s National Festival in Blaine, Minn., in 2011 and 2012. Prior to joining Team USA, Jay served as an assistant coach of Harvard University’s men’s ice hockey team, a position he held from 2004-06 and again from 2009-11. From 1999-2001, Jay was an assistant coach with the Detroit Vipers (International Hockey League) and Manchester Monarchs (American Hockey League). In 2003-04, Jay served as general manager of the AHL’s San Antonio Rampage before joining Harvard. Jay, who played professional hockey for 10 seasons as a defenseman in the IHL, AHL and NHL, is the hockey director for The Edge Sports Center in Bedford, Mass. and the East Coast Wizards hockey club.

Robb Stauber - Goaltending Coach & Scout

Stauber has been involved with the U.S. Women’s National team since 2009, focusing on coaching and development of its goaltenders. He has 10 years of professional hockey experience, including four seasons in the National Hockey Legaue with the Los Angeles Kings and Buffalo Sabres. The native of Duluth, Minn., also spent time in the IHL and AHL. At the University of Minnesota, he was the first goaltender to win the Hobey Baker Award (1988). He was also the recipient that year of the WCHA Player of the Year award and was named All-WCHA First Team and All-America First Team. Additionally, Stauber was recognized as WCHA Goaltender of the Year in 1988 and 1989.Stauber also represented the U.S. at the 1987 World Junior Championship and 1989 IIHF World Championship. Stauber served as the goalie coach at the University of Minnesota’s men’s team from 1998-2008, helping the team win the national championship in 2002 and 2003. He served in the same capacity for the University of Minnesota Duluth’s women’s team from 2004-08, winning the 2008 NCAA Championship.


Support Staff

The support staff includes strength and conditioning coaches Mike Boyle (Boston, Mass.) and Sarah Cahill (Cambridge, Mass.); mental skills coach Dr. Colleen Hacker (Tacoma, Wash.); team physician Dr. Holly Johnson (Newton, Mass.); athletic trainer Jill Radzinski (Davis, Calif.); massage therapist Jennifer Chee (Colorado Springs, Colo.); nutritionist Alicia Kendig (Colorado Springs, Colo.); equipment manager Brent Proulx (St. Paul, Minn.) and director of communications Rob Koch (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

MICHAEL BOYLE: Head Strength & Conditioning Coach

Michael Boyle has been an instrumental member of our staff since being named the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the US Women’s National Team, in 2010. Boyle is one of the foremost experts in the fields of Strength and Conditioning, Performance Enhancement and general fitness.  Despite his numerous responsibilities as a leader in the area of Strength and Conditioning (including his current role as a Strength & Conditioning Coach for the World Series Champions, the Boston Red Sox) Boyle has committed his time and energy to elevating the overall strength and conditioning of our US Women’s National Team.

Prior to founding Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning (in 1996) Michael served as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Boston University for 15 years. Presently Boyle continues to serve as an assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at Boston University, primarily responsible for ice hockey. In addition to his duties at Boston University, from 1991-1999 Boyle served as the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. Michael was also the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the 1998 US Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Team, Gold Medalists in Nagano, and served as a consultant in the development of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Michael has been a featured speaker at numerous strength and conditioning and athletic training clinics across the country and has produced nine instructional videos in the area of strength and conditioning available through M-F Athletic. In addition, Michael published Functional Training for Sports for Human Kinetics Publishers.

SARAH CAHILL: Strength & Conditioning Coach

Sarah Cahill has been a Strength & Conditioning Coach the USA Hockey Women’s National Team since August of 2012 and currently trains the Women’s National Team on a daily basis in Woburn, MA.

Additionally, Cahill has served as a strength and conditioning coach at Northeastern University, after having spent two years as the head performance specialist at Core Performance Center. The Core Performance Center is a branch of Athletes’ Performance in Santa Monica, Calif.

Prior to her post at Core Performance, Cahill was the strength and conditioning coach for the women’s softball, volleyball, soccer and men’s and women’s tennis teams at the University of Oklahoma. During her first year at OU, the volleyball team flipped its record from 3-18 to 20-3, resulting in the biggest turnaround in Big 12 history. Cahill also guided the top-ranked softball team to a Big 12 championship in 2006.

Cahill holds certifications from both the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association.

COLLEEN HACKER: Mental Skills Coach

Dr. Colleen hacker, PH. D. Professor, Sport & Exercise Psychology serves as the team’s Mental Skills Coach (since 2011). 

Internationally recognized authority on the psychology of peak performance and Sports Psychology Consultant.  Dr. Colleen Hacker has served as the Sport Psychology Consultant to the Women's U.S. National Soccer Team since 1996. During her tenure, The National Team won a Gold Medal at the 1996 Olympic Games, the 1998 Goodwill Games and the 1999 World Cup. Named as an Assistant Coach in 2000, Dr. Hacker helped lead the National Team to a Silver Medal at the Sydney Olympic Games and a third place finish in the 2003 World Championships. The team also won a Gold Medal in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. The United States is the only country in the world to finish in the top three of every major world championship in soccer history.

In addition to her work with the National Soccer Team, Dr. Hacker works with professional, international and Olympic athletes in a variety of sports. Her strategies for peak performance are sought by corporations, business groups, professional sport teams, civic organizations and both print and television media. With more than 20 years experience in higher education, she is currently a professor and an Assistant Dean at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Dr. Hacker has conducted extensive, applied research in the field of sport psychology with particular emphasis on peak performance, cohesion, leadership and performance success and moral development in sport.

Dr. Hacker received her Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Physical Education from Lock Haven University (PA). She earned her master's degree in Exercise and Sports Science at the University of Arizona and received her Ph.D. in Exercise and Movement Science from the University of Oregon in 1992.

Dr. Hacker has received numerous professional awards including the Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award (the highest teaching honor awarded by the University), the National Association of Girls and Women in Sport Pathfinder Award, the National Association of Sport and Physical Education Inspiration Award, the President Medal from Pacific Lutheran University, the American Psychological Association's Presidential Citation, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Letter of Commendation, and the National Award of Excellence, to name a few. She is a member of the Advisory Panel for the Center for Sport Parenting through the Institute for International Sport, Club Life Magazine, the NSCAA National Coaching Staff and has served on the United States Olympic Committee Performance Enhancement Team.

DR. HOLLY JOHNSON: Team Doctor

Dr. Holly Johnson, joined Team USA in 2012 working as a team physician for our Women’s National Team.   Dr. Johnson Orthopedic Surgeon, practices at Mass General.  She serves as the Interim Director of Foot & Ankle Service and served as an instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Johnson specializes in helping people get back to their pre-injury level of activity, whether that is running ultra-marathons, playing collegiate ice hockey, or simply walking for exercise.

 Dr. Johnson earned her BA cum laude in English from Harvard University and her MD from the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine. After completing her general surgery internship at New York Presbyterian Hospital, she went on to complete her residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Dr. Johnson's training culminated with a Fellowship in Foot and Ankle Orthopaedic Surgery from the Hospital for Special Surgery as well. She joined the MGH Orthopaedic Staff in 2008.

 Dr. Johnson treats all orthopaedic maladies of the foot and ankle, and has a particular interest in osteochondral lesions, ligament instability, foot and ankle trauma, and Achilles tendon problems. She also treats sports-related injuries, deformity, arthritis, and bunions. She has researched and published on flatfoot deformity and posterior tibial tendon insufficiency.

MD, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine / Residency, Hospital for Special Surgery / Fellowship, Hospital for Special Surgery / Orthopaedic Surgery, American Board of Orthopedic Surgery

JILL RADZINSKI: Athletic Trainer (MS, ATC)

Jill Radzinski began her work with USA Hockey in 2008 during the World Championships in Harbin, China. During her years of work with USA Hockey she has been a member of the UC Davis athletic training staff (since 1997).  Prior to her arrival at UC Davis, she held Certified Athletic Training positions at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, The Colorado College, and Bates College (Lewiston, ME).   In addition to her collegiate experience and National Team work she has also represented the United States of America at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, BC. Jill has also functioned as the Head Certified Athletic Trainer with the USA Short/Long Track Speed Skating Teams as well as the USA Softball Team.

Jill has shared the classroom instruction role with Lisa Varnum; which has been an instrumental component of the student athletic training internship at UC Davis.  Her clinical viewpoint incorporates functional, multi-faceted rehabilitation programs into the progressive hands-on/manual therapy treatment services.  Jill has an avid interest in emergency medicine and applies this in the university setting as well as in the outdoor locale by functioning as a member of the National Ski Patrol with the Lake Tahoe Backcounty Ski Patrol.

She obtained her Bachelors of Science degree from Penn State University in the Athletic Training curriculum program. While at Penn State, she was an All-American field hockey player.  As a graduate assistant athletic trainer at the University of Richmond, VA, Jill was granted her Masters of Science in Athletic Administration.

JENNIFER CHEE: Massage Therapist

Jennifer Chee has served as the our Women’s National Team Massage Therapist since April 2011 and is certified in CNMT, CCT, CKTP, CFT, SET, RMT.  She is also the Founder and Owner of My Massage Fitness in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Jennifer has been practicing massage therapy since 2005.  She started her private practice in 2010 in Carmichael Training Systems (CTS). Chris Carmichael is the founder and CEO of CTS and he was named the US Olympic Committee’s Coach of the Year in 1999. Jennifer has the privilege to continue to work with many pro cyclists, triathlon, marathon and ironman athletes. Her current clients also include international and national levels figure skaters.

Jennifer is a member of the team of massage therapists at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, which provides her with valuable experience working with athletes from different sports and different countries, Olympians and future Olympians.

She joined the team of therapists at Peak Performance Physical Therapy in 2009.  She works with patients with acute and chronic conditions and interacts with medical professionals on a regular basis.

She is currently the Team Massage Therapist for the Elite Triathlon Academy and the American Distance Project Athletes in Colorado Springs, CO.

BRENT PROULX: Equipment Manager

Brent Proulx has served as the Head Equipment Manager with the Women’s National Team since 2011 (participating in the 2011, 2012, 2013 World Championships as well as Four Nations Cups). Prior to that he compiled over seven years of NHL experience as an Assistant Equipment Manager with the Minnesota Wild. His responsibilities included assisting the Wild’s equipment needs both at home and on the road, as well as locker room set-up and equipment repair. Proulx, 32 (10/26/74), spent eight seasons (1993-2000) as Clubhouse Manager/Equipment Manager for the Saint Paul Saints baseball club of the independent Northern League prior to joining the Wild. He also served as the Assistant Equipment Manager for the Minnesota Moose of the International Hockey League (IHL) for two seasons (1994-96). Proulx has also worked as an Equipment Manager for USA Hockey at international tournaments the past five summers, including the 2007 Under-17 Select Team that won a silver medal at the Five Nations Tournament in Prague, Czech Republic; the 2006 Under-18 Select Team that won a silver medal at the Memorial of Ivan Hlinka Tournament in Breclav, Czech Republic; the 2005 Under-17 Select Team, the 2004 Under-18 Select Team and the 2003 Under-17 Select Team that won a gold medal at the Five Nations Tournament in Slovakia.

ROB KOCH: Director, Communications

In March of 2013 Rob Koch was named as the director of communications and social media with USA Hockey.

Koch most recently served as senior director of public relations and team operations with the National Hockey League's Atlanta Thrashers. He was hired prior to the team's inaugural season in 1999-2000 and worked with the Thrashers until the team was sold and relocated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, in July 2011. 

Prior to his 12 years in Atlanta, Koch was the assistant director of public relations with the New York Rangers from 1991-99. He assisted with the 1994 NHL All-Star Game and Stanley Cup Championship as well as the activities surrounding Wayne Gretzky's last game.

Koch will serve as the primary contact for the U.S. Women's National Team Program and also oversee USA Hockey's social media efforts.  Koch represented USA Hockey at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey as assistant director of media relations.  During his tenure in New York, the public relations staff earned the Dick Dillman Award for outstanding media relations. Koch is a native of Kinnelon, N.J., and earned his bachelor's degree from St. John's University.