DAVID ROY

David Roy, Director of the Pursuit of Excellence, is one of the most respected skating coaches in the world. David has worked as the skating coach for the Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Dallas Stars, Canada's National Team, and the Canada's Women's Olympic Team. Each year he and his staff work with well over 2000 hockey players from around the world.

Hockey players from many NHL teams have attended Dave's pro camps including the Dallas Stars, Calgary Flames, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Colorado Avalanche, Toronto Maple Leafs, Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Islanders, New Jersey Devils, Phoenix Coyotes, Atlanta Thrashers, and the San Jose Sharks.

In developing the Pursuit of Excellence program, David made sure that improving every player's skating technique, speed, quickness, efficiency, and agility was given first priority. The program Dave has developed for skating over the past 35 years is fully implemented in the Pursuit hockey curriculum. In today's game, becoming an excellent skater, has to be the foundation for every other skill a hockey player develops.

GREG LYNOTT

Greg signed as a free agent with the Montreal Canadians. He played 7 years of pro hockey in the AHL and the IHL. Greg coached Junior A hockey in the BCHL and has coached over 10 years in the minor hockey system with rep teams.

DEAN CABAN

Dean played his junior hockey in British Columbia. He has worked with players from several NHL teams through our Junior/Pro programs including the Dallas Stars, Calgary Flames, and the Vancouver Canucks. Dean has grown up as a student in the Edge of Excellence and has instructed young hockey players in our programs for over 10 years.

LARRY ROBINSON
Larry Robinson has been the goaltending coach for the Kamloops Blazers of the WHL, the Salmon Arm Silverbacks and most recently the Westside Warriors of the BCHL. He has also worked with goaltenders for many years in the minor hockey system. Larry has been involved in scouting for junior teams as well as analyzing game video. Larry resides in Kelowna with his wife and children. He is active in the teaching of the game and has a passion for moving goaltenders on to the next level.

REMI CHARTIER
Remi grew up in Winnipeg playing his minor hockey for the Winnipeg Warriors minor hockey association. He captained his team to 3 straight provincial championships. Remi then played for the Winnipeg Jr Saints in the MJHL for 4 years accomplishing all rookie team status. After graduating from the MJHL he played for 2 years for the St Boniface Riels in the MMJHL. He was the team captain, named a first team all-star and MMJHL defenseman of the year. Remi has worked at the edge skating schools in Kelowna and Winnipeg for the past 7 seasons beginning in 2004 through the summer of 2010. He has progressed from on ice instructor to one of our Lead instructors. He has also coached in Elite spring hockey programs in Manitoba. We welcome Remi to the Pursuit Team and look forward to him using his experience and passion to help coach our students to prepare to move onto the next level in life and hockey.

KEVIN MACKAY
Kevin joins the POE with an impressive back ground in Amateur Hockey. Kevin started his hockey career in 1989 as a statistician/reporter for the National Sport Daily. He from there was a Midget coordinator in Calgary, an assistant coach in Junior B and then onto Hockey Canada as a Program Coordinator. He has been a GM/ Head Coach in the BCHL, AJHL and the KIJHL. Kevin won the KIJHL league championship in 2006-07 when he was GM /Head Coach for the Fernie Ghostriders. Kevin has also been the coach coordinator for Hockey Alberta, video coach for the Canadian National Woman’s team at the World Championships in Sweden and spent the last year as the GM/Head Coach of the Kimberley Dynamiters in the KIJHL. Kevin will continue his association with High Performance as the assistant coach with BC’s U-16 team at the Canada Winter Games, in Halifax, February 2011.

Kevin’s extensive hockey background along with his desire and passion to help young players prepare for the next level in hockey and life makes him a welcome addition to the Pursuit family.

GLEN NAKA
Academy Administrator/Coach

Passionate about helping kids become a 360 degree person. Extremely motivated to help players reach their future goals.

Help structure POE for sustained future growth.

Glen is extremely excited about being a part of the POE family, helping young players move on to the next level and be a part of POE’s continued success.

• Started coaching minor hockey in 1978 with Westside Minor Hockey.
• Coached all levels of Minor Hockey from Initiation A to Midget AAA from 1978 to 2005.
• Mentor coach for Westside Minor Hockey 3 years.
• District Camps for BC Male U-17.
• Provincial camp Female U-18
• BCAHA Course Conductor
• Advanced 1 coach designation CAHA
• Regional Scout Westside Warriors BCHL
• Regional Scout for the Chilliwack Bruins in the WHL.
• Operations Manager at Pacific Safety Products 13 years.
• Coach of the Year Westside Minor Hockey 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006.
• BC Hockey Award 2006 Outstanding Contribution to the Administration and Development of young players.

DOUG STIENSTRA
Doug is going into his 3rd year as a coach with the POE. Doug is a Kelowna product, playing his minor hockey in Kelowna and then going on to a successful Junior career in BC. He was a BCHL All-Star and went on to play 4 years on a NCAA Division 1 scholarship to Cornell University. He led his team in scoring two times and was the team captain and MVP during his senior year. He was named to the Ivy League All-Star team while winning the award for the league's Top Defensive Forward. Doug earned his Bachelor’s of Science degree majoring in Business Finance and Economics. After graduating from Cornell Doug signed a free agent contract with the New Jersey Devils in May of 2000, and played one season in the minors before spending the next 8 seasons playing professionally in Europe. While in Europe Doug was twice named the MVP of the Dutch League and competed for Team Netherlands 3 times at the IIHF World Championships, serving as the team captain in 2008 in Austria. Doug joined the POE in the spring of 2008.

Doug’s education and experience makes him an excellent communicator and excellent coach with the Pursuit Academy. He exemplifies the commitment of all of our coaches to development of the 360 degree player, preparing them for the next level of hockey, education and life.

DAVID WHISTLE
Dave is currently in his second season as a coach with the Pursuit of Excellence Hockey Academy. His professional experience has included being the Head Coach of the Port Alberni Bulldogs in the BCHL in the 2006/07 season. Prior to this, he played professionally in Europe and then took on the role of General Manager / Head Coach for various teams throughout the UK in both the Super League and the Elite League. This spanned over several years resulting in the capture of several league, play-off and European cup championships. Two times ‘Coach of the Year’ Dave was also appointed as the assistant coach to the Great Britain’s National Team. Dave’s experience in Europe encompasses coaching, recruitment, player evaluation and selection. He has developed players from across the UK, Europe, North American Colleges and Universities, the CHL, AHL, and the NHL. Success in the UK resulted in subsequent roles in the German Elite League (DEL) and the Elite League (UK), where he remained until 2006. As GM / Head Coach, Dave was also involved in the development of his clubs’ minor hockey programs and branched out developing and implementing several hockey schools throughout the UK.

With two boy’s eager to play hockey, Dave and his family returned to Canada where he started coaching in the Hockey Canada Skills Academy. Dave has also coached Peewee to Midget age groups in both minor and elite spring hockey in the Okanagan.

Dave’s professional experience as a GM, coach, player and recruiter allows him the ability to help develop the young students at POE to become a 360 degree player prepared to move on to the next level of hockey and life.

BILL ROTHEISLER
Bill was born and raised in Calgary and started his coaching career there as well. Bill has coached Bantam and Midget AAA in Calgary and at the Okanagan Hockey Academy. He has won a provincial championship at the midget tier 1 level. Bill has been a GM of Team Okanagan at the U-17, a scout for the Alberni Bulldogs(BCHL) and the program coordinator for the Hockey Canada Skills Academy. Bill has taken his High performance 2 Hockey Canada Coaching certification and is very experienced with video while being the video coach at the OHA for the past 3 years for their midget programs. Bill has also been named to Team Pacific as their video coach. We are very excited to have Bill join the Pursuit team and to utilize his experience and expertise to prepare and move our students for the next level in Hockey and Life.

COLIN O'HARE
Colin brings over 8 years of experience coaching junior hockey to the POE program. Colin most recently spent 2 years in the SJHL as the Head Coach / GM of the Nipawin Hawks before returning back to BCHL and joining the Salmon Arm Silverbacks as the Associate Coach this past season.

Colin’s playing career saw him in both the Junior ‘A’ and in the WHL and was the 226th overall pick in the 1995 entry draft by the New Jersey Devils. Colin continued on to play minor pro hockey in the WPHL after Junior before returning to play for the SAIT Trojans in the ACAC in which they won a national title in 2000. His playing career went on to see him play in the UHL, the CHL as well as the English Premier League in Europe.