Joe Guilmet is serving as an equipment manager for Team USA for the fifth time and his first with the U.S. National Junior Team. Guilmet was a part of Team USA’s staff at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as well as three International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s World Championships (2001, 2008, 2009).

Guilmet is in his second season as an equipment manager for Arizona State University’s men’s ice hockey program. He was named to the Sun Devil staff prior to their inaugural NCAA Division I season in 2015-16.

Prior to his move to the college ranks, Guilmet spent 20-plus seasons between the National Hockey League and American Hockey League. Most recently, he spent four seasons with the Syracuse Crunch and Norfolk Admirals of the AHL after serving 12 seasons with the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers. Additionally, Guilmet was an equipment manager at the 2007 NHL All-Star Game and the 1992 MLB All-Star Game.

A native of Ocean Beach, California, Guilmet received his education from Mesa College in San Diego, California, and Gwinnet Tech in Duluth, Georgia. He earned his certification in the Athletic Equipment Managers Association (AEMA) in 1995. Additionally, he conducted a workshop demonstrating equipment repair for professional and college equipment managers at the 2006 AEMA Meetings and also hosted a workshop on carbon fiber/kydex skate guards protection at the 2008 Society of Professional Hockey Equipment Managers Meeting.

Joe and his wife, Michele, have a son, Oliver, and a daughter, June.