Coaches' Corner

Steve MacLeod (2012) - Coach Director - thepack94@gmail.com

Steve hails from Toronto, ONT and played his minor hockey career there.

29 years of coaching experience, with 20 of those being at the AAA/AA club level.  

He has been recognized for many awards including 2015 and 2018 CAC,  ‘Coach Of The Year’, and 2005 MMAA ‘League Coach Of The Year’!

Steve has his High Performance 1 Coach NCCP, checking, safety, and has attended numerous Hockey Alberta Coaching Clinics.

Currently Steve, is the Head Coach for CAC U15AAA team.

In 2015 Steve became a Wolfpack board member and assumed the position of ‘Coaching Director.’  This will be Steve's 11th year with the Wolfpack coaching at various levels.

“It is a privilege to be able to coach hockey.  I take what I do seriously and do my best to make sure the athlete is coached in a positive environment enabling him/her to improve their potential.”

Travis Vanberg (2009) - thepack94@gmail.com

Travis, an Edmonton native, grew up playing minor hockey here as well as making appearances in Grande Prairie and Pigeon Lake area.

He has over 20 years of playing experience varying from initiation to Juniors and Adult leagues.  As a player he played for the Sherwood Park Crusaders(Jr.A) and received an invite to try out for the Barrie Colts(CHL).

His coaching experience has dawned over 22 years, coaching various levels ranging from initiation-Bantam, and spring AAA.  His most recent being an HC with our U15 Winter Wolfpack team for the past two seasons and since 2019 to present with our 2009 Spring team.  Travis was also part of our PHL PW Winter Championship teams coaching staff and led his spring 09's to a championship in Seattle.

From a board perspective he was the President of a Minor Hockey Association and has had a role since 2016.

"I'm a big proponent of development, hard work, and connecting with the players.  Any coach can outline a play on the whiteboard, it's the ones who understand and motivate their players that win."

"The measure of who we are, is what we do, with what we have."-Vince Lombardi

Barclay Smith (2010) - thepack94@gmail.com

Dorin Gay (2011) - thepack94@gmail.com

Dorin is another local,born and raised in Edmonton, AB where he spent his minor hockey and played club hockey with CAC.   His hockey career continued playing with the Grande Prairie Storm(Jr.A), Concordia University(ACAC), before finally ending with Grant MacEwan(ACAC).

He is an effective coach, that brings more than 20 years of experience in the development of hockey players and goalies. 

He has been involved in numerous development camps assuming many different roles.  Ranging from Head Instructor at Gold in The Net, to lead Development coach with the Alberta Wolfpack.  Additionally he has run as lead development instructor for skills sessions for minor hockey programs all over Alberta. Recently, Dorin coached this team to a championship in Seattle last spring and looks to build off of last year.

"I'm a strong believer in the mentoring and the development of young athletes, both on and off the ice.  Having played at the Junior and University level; I will leverage this experience to help these young athletes to not only grow their athletic aspirations, but personal goals as well."

Tyler Hennessey(2013)-thepack94@gmail.com 

Tyler mainly grew up in Manitoba where he played the majority of his minor hockey. His Club hockey career consisted of playing Bantam AAA and then moving on to play Midget AAA. From there, Tyler pursued a successful junior hockey career in the Saskatchewan and Manitoba  Junior Hockey Leagues; in which he served as the captain in both respectively. He then went on to play University Hockey, all while completing his Bachelor of Commerce degree and serving as the team's captain. 

During Tyler's playing career he began coaching at various levels and found a love and passion for passing on his knowledge to the younger players. After he finished University, he decided to dedicate more of his time to coaching. Tyler has coached various levels which have included Bantam AA, Bantam AAA, Midget AA, Midget AAA, U7, U9, U11 and most recently coaching our very own 2013 Major Wolfpack HSL team for his second year.

 “I take great pride in seeing the growth and development of players and strive for excellence with each and every player. It is important to provide a fun and engaging atmosphere where the players feel comfortable in a learning environment. An environment that teaches not only hockey skills. but life skills and a place to build relationships that will last forever.”

TBA(2014)-thepack94@gmail.com

Norman Dunroe (2015) - thepack94@gmail.com

Norman was born in Edmonton, but spent his childhood growing up in Calmar, AB.  He was on skates when he was less than a year old and played competitive hockey for 20+ years, last playing Div 1 men's hockey. 

He brings a very unique perspective to the game having refereed high levels of hockey including: Midget AA, AAA and Junior hockey.

"Norm" recently coached our PeeWee winter PHL team(2021/22), taking them to Champion the PeeWee Division; and he's currently our HSL 2015 Winter Head Coach.  Previously he was involved as either an A.C, or H.C  with Midget A/AA, in Thorsby; Midget AA in Fort Saskatchewan, as well as Bantam AA for CAC.  

Norm has also been a previous Wolfpack Coach, having coached two springs ago, leading our 09 spring team to win Championships in the Stampede Challenge and International Star Tournament; in Calgary and Whistler respectively. 

His love for the game and coaching has brought him back and is excited to see what he can do after all of his experiences over the years.

"I believe in creating a fun, inclusive environment with focus on skill and personal development."

Chad Bresnahan (2016) - thepack94@gmail.com

Mathew Bischke (2017) - thepack94@gmail.com