Chris garner is serving as the Equipment Manager for the 2020 U.S. National Junior Team. Garner most recently served on the staff of the 2018 U.S. Under-18 Men's Select Team that placed fourth at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup after handling equipment manager duties for the Under-17 Men's Select Team that captured won first place at the U17 Five Nations Tournament in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Garner is currently in his 12th season as the hockey equipment manager at University of Minnesota Duluth.

Garner previously spent one year serving as the head equipment manager with the Kalamazoo Wings of the United Hockey League, and another season as an assistant with the Houston Aeros, the Minnesota Wild’s American Hockey League affiliate. 

He also served as the head equipment manager for the University of North Dakota’s women’s program during its inaugural season in 2002-03. Prior to working at UND, Garner served as the head student equipment manager at St. Cloud State University from 1998-2002.

A former four-year player at Rochester Mayo High School, Garner graduated from St. Cloud State with a Bachelor of Elective Studies degree with an emphasis in sports management in 2006.