Nolan Baumgartner

We are very lucky to have Nolan on the staff at Edge. Not many schools can say they have a NHL player teaching your children everyday. Nolan spent 4 years in the WHL playing for the Kamloops Blazers, where he won two Memorial Cup in 1994 and 1995. Nolan then started his pro career which has lasted 13 years and included 131 games in the NHL. For a look at Nolan's hockey career click here.

Shaun Heshka

Shaun is a good Saskatchewan boy who was born and raised in Melville, SK. He played all his minor hockey there as well as starting his junior career there with the Mellville Millionaires.

Shaun made the jump to the WHL with the Everett Silvertips in 2003-2004. After 3 successful seasons in Everett Shaun made the jump to pro signing as a free agent with the Vancouver Canucks. Shaun has spent most of the past three seasons with the Canucks affiliate the Manitoba Moose. For a look at Shaun's career click here

Tab Lardner

Edge Hockey must have a pipeline to Michigan Tech because Tab is the 5th player from there to work for Edge. He was born and raised in Edmonton, AB and played Junior A hockey in Alberta before getting a scholarship to the NCAA.

After graduating from Michigan Tab went on to his pro career. Tab has played 7 straight seasons in the CHL with Austin, Topeka, Wichita, Arizona and Youngstown. An amazing fact is in those 7 years Tab never missed a game due to injury.

2007-2008 saw Tab try another league for the first time playing in the IHL for the Port Huron Icehawks. After finishing 2nd in league scoring Tab is again playing for the Icehawks this season. For a look at Tab's hockey career click here

Dirk Southern

Dirk home town is Winnipeg, MB and after playing 4 years in the NCAA for Northern Michigan University Dirk was drafted by the Anaheim Ducks. He has been playing pro hockey now for 3 years and has split his time between the AHL and the ECHL. For a look at Dirk's hockey career click here.

Brad Cole

Brad is another hockey school staff member who joined us out of our Edge Conditioning program. Brad was born in Miniota, MB and played his minor hockey in Manitoba. He drafted by the Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) and joined the team for 6 games before moving onto the Kootenay Ice where he became a huge part of the team and one of it's leaders.

In 2005-2006 Brad joined the Saskatoon Blades and was named their captain. Brad signed with the Calgary Flames in the summer of 2007 and is currently playing with their fame team the Quad City Flames (AHL) For a look at Brad's career click here

Paul Cabana

A sixth round Draft pick of the Vancouver Canucks in 1998, played four years of college hockey a Michigan Tech. Member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association all-star team that toured Norway his Junior year. Following Paul's senior year he left school and finished the season with the Manitoba Moose. He played only 17 games his first full year of pro due to shoulder surgery, but played most of my second year with the Columbia Inferno including two stints that year with the Manitoba Moose. Paul then spent several season playing in the ECHL and Europe.

The past two seasons have found Paul back in Europe playing in both England and Germany. In 2002-2003 Paul and the Florida Everblades won the league championships (Kelly Cup) and Paul finishing fourth in ECHL playoff scoring. Paul has been an instructor at Edge since 2003. For a look at Paul's hockey career click here

Shane Auger

Shane was born and raised in Russell, MB and has worked at the hockey schools for 7 years now. Shane played his minor hockey in Russell and then continued to play near home for the Waywayseecappo Wolverines in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. Shane spent four years with the Wolverines before earning a scholarship to College of St. Scholastica where he will work toward his degree while playing hockey. For a look at some of Shane's hockey click here

Joey Martini

Joey is a first year staff member with Edge who hails from Calgary, AB. After spending a few years in the AJHL, Joey has now spent the last 5 years playing at St. Scholastica University in Duluth, MN. 4 years in a row Joey has been named to the NCHA All Academic team. For a look at Joey's current team click here.

Ashley Jaffray

Ashley comes to us from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut where she played Division 1 hockey and graduated with her degree in Broadcast Journalism. In those four years, she set a school record for most games played at 133 and an NCAA record for two short-handed goals in 18 seconds. She was named to the All-Academic team for four years and won awards for Outstanding Freshmen, team spirit, seventh player and multiple community service awards.

Ashley is an Olds Alberta native who previously trained at the Olympic Oval in Calgary and played Midget AAA hockey for Airdrie Lightning. She is the assistant coach for the University of Manitoba women's hockey team and for Team Alberta Softball. She is currently playing hockey as a member of Senior Team Manitoba. She is the assistant marketing coordinator at the UofM. Ashley also plays competitive softball for the Canadian Xtreme. For a look at Ashley's current coaching position click here

Megan Crowell

Megan is the camps strength and conditioning coach. She graduated from the University of Alberta with a degree in Physical Education and she has since become a certified Athletic Therapist. She was the Panda's athletic therapist for four years and was then the athletic therapist for the Olds Grizzly's of the AJHL hockey team for 3 years. Several years Megan worked each morning with any of the Edmonton Oilers who are injured. She currently lives in St. Alber, AB but was born in Peace River, AB.

Dan Halber

Dan has played 5 years of rep hockey and was considered an amazing goalie prospect in Cranbrook until injuries started to catch up with him. One of his most successful years was 2nd year Bantam AA in the South Central Alberta Hockey League where they finished first in the league and won in the league playoffs He also competed in the Bantam AAA Provincials in Campbell River where they placed 4th in BC. Dan is born and raised in Cranbrook, BC where he is finishing up his schooling and planning to start post secondary school somewhere soon. Dan attended the Niedermayer Hockey School for two years and then started working as a junior leader for two more years. He has now spent the last few summers working at Edge Hockey as a goaltending instructor and team leader.

Shannon Lehmann

Shannon attended the Theoren Fleury Hockey School in Russell, MB for a number of years, when she was too old for the hockey school she started working with Edge as a junior leader. She has now been working at the schools in the summer for past 5 summers and is one of our best team leaders.

Shannon is Manitoba born and raised and she still calls it home, living in Winnipeg in her second year of nursing at the University of Manitoba. She has played on numerous hockey teams in her career and has now played 3 years in the Winnipeg Women's Senior Hockey League with the Warriors. Shannon also spent a year at school down in Texas.

Kenny Chuchmuch

Kenny has been instructing at the Hockey Schools since 1997 and played his Minor Hockey days in Russell, MB where he’s won 8 Provincial Championships including a Bronze Medal at the Western Canadian Bantam Championships. Kenny played ‘AAA’ Midget for the Parkland Rangers and Junior in the MJHL while he attended University. He also came out of retirement this past winter where he got to travel to Helsinki, Finland to play in a Tournament. Kenny works as a Finance Specialist for Air Canada and keeps busy traveling, coaching, reffing hockey and being a mascot in the CFL for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Mike Nelson

Mike spent the 2008 - 2009 season with the Kimberley Dynamiters of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. Mike developed his hockey skills in the Cranbrook Minor Hockey Association. While playing for the Cranbrook Midget AAA ICE, Mike was named the South Central Alberta Hockey League's Most Exemplary Player in 2008. He was also named to the SCAHL All Star team in Bantam in 2006 and Midget in 2008.

Mike recently graduated from Mount Baker Secondary School in Cranbrook and is heading to the College of the Rockies this fall. His plans are to become a Phys. Ed. teacher and coach at the High School level. Mike has attended the Niedermayer Hockey School since it started and has worked as Junior Leader for the past three years. He also worked the Edmonton Edge Hockey School and the Calgary Edge Hockey School.

Mark Kay

This will be Mark's 5th year at the schools, with it being the second he has focused on the conditioning aspect of the camp. Mark is a N.A.I.T. graduate, Personal Trainer (who works in a fitness club in Edmonton), as well as running his own training business.

Mark has been involved in hockey for the past 17 years, through playing, coaching and now training teams and individual players. This past season, he coached and trained the Bantam A League Champions out of St. Albert, Alberta. He is currently involved in training the general public, as well as N.H.L. players and junior players.

Courtney Parker

Courtney Parker is 20 and is attending her second year university at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops B.C. Courtney is studying Kinesiology and hopes to be a sports trainer when she graduates. Courtney has played hockey for 15 years with the Summerland Minor Hockey Association as a defenseman and then with the Midget AAA Female team with the Penticton Minor Hockey Association. Courtney has been awarded the Unsung Hero award in 2006 with the AAA team and with her last year of Minor Hockey was awarded the Most Inspirational Player award. Courtney now plays for the Kamloops Vibe which is a AA Women’s Hockey Team in Kamloops.

Courtney has attended the Niedermayer Hockey School since it started and then has worked it for the past couple of years. Last year she also worked the Edmonton Edge Hockey School and the Calgary Edge Hockey School.

Jamie Imeson

Jamie is a gem we found right in the city of Edmonton. Jamie new some people who worked at Edge and phone up to see if he could volunteer at the schools in the summer. Well 5 years later we could not have made a better choice than to bring Jamie on. He is currently attending NAIT in Edmonton as well as playing on a local team and coaching a bantam team. He is an amazing group leader that truly cares about every child under his care.

Jenesse Miller

Jenessa was born and raised in Langenburg, SK, She is attending the University of Saskatchewan and currently plays for Saskatoon Saskies Junior A hockey team. The Saskies are provincial winners and silver medalist in the Western Canadian Shield. Entering in her 15th year of playing hockey Jenessa played most of her Minor hockey in Langenburg, for the boys team until second year bantam. In 2002-03 Jenesse played for played for the Sask Prairie Fire Midget AA, 2003-06 Played for the Parkland Panthers midget AA team, being league champs all 3 years and provincial silver medalists as well as bronze medalists in Western Canadian shield. Also being the assistant captain in her last season. Represented Zone 4 for Saskatchewan in 2005.

Patrick Dibb

Patrick comes to Edge Hockey from Invermere, B.C. where he played his minor hockey as well as being backup goalie for the Columbia Valley Rockies Junior B team of the KIJHL.

Patrick is 17 but has already spent two seasons as an enthusiastic junior instructor and team leader. During the regular hockey season he runs a weekly goalie clinic for minor hockey goalies in Invermere. Patrick is excited to be going to Notre Dame in Saskatchewan this fall for his grade 12 year while playing for the Notre Dame AA midget team.

Alyssa Reagh

Junior Leader

Alyssa grew up in Stonewall, MB and still calls it home while she is finishing high school. Alyssa is another one of your staff who started out as a participant in one of our schools. She attended the Theoren Fleury Hockey School in Russell, MB for a number of years. Once Alyssa was too old for the hockey school she jumped right into a staff position and we are so lucky to have her.

She is currently the captain of the Stonewall Midget Girls team which plays in the Winnipeg city league, where she represented her team in the All-Star game.

Alyssa played for the Stonewall Rams Collegiate team in 2006-2007 as well as the AAA Winnipeg Royals and she even had time to fit in her coaching level 1 certificate.

Nikki Mathews

Nikki grew up in Stonewall, MB and started playing hockey when she was 4 years old with the boys. At 9 she began playing on a female team and has always played up a level. Nikki is now in her 13th year of minor hockey.

In 2004 Nikki played on the Interlake POE team (players of excellence) and last hockey season played on her highschool team and this hockey season she is again back with her minor hockey team in Stonewall. Stonewall plays in the Midget A league and Nikki's team is currently in first place with more than 100 goals for us and under 10 against.

Nikki attended the Theoren Fleury Hockey School in Russel for 3 years and then last year came on as a junior leader in both Winnipeg and Calgary.

Leon Church

Junior Leader

Leon is 17 and was born in Bowsman, MB. and currently lives there, however he spent his first 9 years of hockey in Winnipeg MB. His first year back in Bowsman / Swan Valley he captured the peewee AA MVP of the season. He continued playing for Swan Valley Minor Hockey throughout bantam, when he also represented the Parkland Region in the 2006 P.O.E tournament and the 2007 Morden Directors Cup. He is currently finishing up his second year of midget with the Parkland Rangers AAA Midget Hockey Club, where he hopes to continue playing for 1 or 2 more years until his midget hockey is over while working towards a higher level.

Zac Richard

Junior Leader

Zac started playing hockey at 2 years old in Bowsman, MB and then went on and played all his minor hockey in Swan Valley, MB. Zac had the privilege of attending the Directors Cup in Morden, MB and representing the Parkland District of Manitoba. In the summer of 2007he played with the Manitoba AAA Polar Ice and captured bronze at the Brandon AAA Source for Sports Tournament. Zac is 17 and is currently playing with the Swan Valley midget AA Stampeders, as a first year midget player. He hopes to continue on and play soon for the Swan Valley Stampeders (Junior A) who own his rights in the MJHL.