Tryout Schedule (Waterloo Minor Hockey)

Greg Best

INTRODUCING OUR U14BB TEAM HEAD COACH FOR THE 2025-26 SEASON🎉🎉GREG BEST🎉🎉Contact Coach Best via email at: [email protected]🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺Bench Banter: Get to Know Coach Best 🏒🔥With over 30 years of hockey coaching and instructional experience, including 16 years coaching with Waterloo Minor Hockey, Greg brings a wealth of knowledge and leadership to the U14 BB program. Greg is an NCCP Development 1 certified coach, emphasizing skill development, teamwork, and a passion for the game.His extensive hockey background includes serving as President of Waterloo Minor Hockey and Commissioner of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL), demonstrating his commitment to the growth of the sport at multiple levels. As a former player, Greg developed his game playing minor hockey at the AAA level in Markham (OMHA) and Toronto (MTHL), before attending St. Michael’s College School in Toronto.His firsthand experience in high-level competition allows him to instill strong fundamentals and a competitive mindset in his players. With a focus on player and team development and fostering a love for the game, Greg is proud to continue contributing to the success of Waterloo Minor Hockey with the U14 BB team in 2025-26. Stick taps to Coach Best for sharing your story!Looking forward to seeing Coach Best and the U14BB Waterloo Wolves in action in 2025-26!For 2025-26 Programming Information, including Prep Skates, Evaluation Registration and Seasonal Information, please contact the WMHA Office at:  [email protected]🐺🐺🐺×

Robert Ryan

INTRODUCING OUR U16BB TEAM HEAD COACH FOR THE 2025-26 SEASON🎉🎉ROB RYAN🎉🎉Contact Coach Ryan via email at: [email protected]🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺Bench Banter: Get to Know Coach Ryan 🏒🔥Warm Up: 🎤🏒 Behind the Bench – Get the "411"!📞What is your current team/position?Waterloo Wolves U15BBHow many years have you been coaching hockey? 6What Coaching Certifications/Qualifications do you have? Development 11st Period: 🏒📣 Reasons for Coaching – The "Why" Behind the Whistle? 🔥Why did you become a hockey coach? I began coaching sports in my late teens as a way to give back and share the life lessons I had learned along the way. Guiding athletes to develop both their skills and character has always been my priority. Having the opportunity to coach my own children—my daughter in softball and my sons in hockey—has been a wonderful bonus along the way.   What's your Coaching Philosophy/Approach? I build my teams on work ethic, character, and skill—each equally important to success. The puzzle begins in the dressing room, where culture and commitment set the foundation. I expect every player to bring their best effort to every practice and every game. Coaching isn’t one-size-fits-all; each athlete is unique, and success comes from understanding how the pieces fit together.   2nd Period: Chalk Talk Choices🏒📝Favourite NHL Team/Player? Montreal CanadiensFavourite Drill or Skill to Teach? My favorite skill to teach and develop is accountability, everyone has a job.What your Players would say that you always say/yell during practices or games?"Who are WE!?" or "Be good at the easy stuff"3rd Period: Fun Facts & Personal Picks!🎉📢What do you enjoy doing away from the rink? Fishing with the family during that hard to get family time or watching my daughter's Volleyball.Favourite Movie, Book or TV Show? I'm a video game guy, it's the Final Fantasy series for me.Favourite Pre-Game Meal or Snack? Pre-game Coffee, always.Favourite Music Artist or Song?EminemOvertime: Final Buzzer🏒🔔What's one piece of advice you'd give your players? Focus more on what you can control not what you can't.Anything else you would like to share?So enjoying this season (U15BB team has had the best regular season this group has ever had and we have set ourselves up for a legit shot to qualify for Tier 1 ALLIANCE!) but also, already so excited and looking forward to next season!🏒 Game Over, Coach’s Call!That’s the final buzzer on our Q&A with Coach Ryan! Stick taps to you for sharing your story!Looking forward to seeing Coach Ryan and the U16BB Waterloo Wolves in action in 2025-26!For 2025-26 Programming Information, including Prep Skates, Evaluation Registration and Seasonal Information, please contact the WMHA Office at:  [email protected]🐺🐺🐺×

Ken Stark

INTRODUCING OUR U18BB GOLD TEAM HEAD COACH FOR THE 2025-26 SEASON🎉🎉KEN STARK🎉🎉Contact Coach Stark via email at: [email protected]🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺Bench Banter: Get to Know Coach Stark 🏒🔥Warm Up: 🎤🏒 Behind the Bench – Get the "411"!📞What is your current team/position?Waterloo Wolves U16BB How many years have you been coaching hockey? >10 yearsWhat Coaching Certifications/Qualifications do you have? Coach - Development 1 / 99-00 Assistant Coach, University of GuelphWhat is your playing experience? 87-89 Caledonia Corvairs Jr. C, 89-90 St. Catharines Jr. B, 90-92 Yale University, 92-95 University of Toronto, 98-99 University of Guelph.1st Period: 🏒📣 Reasons for Coaching – The "Why" Behind the Whistle? 🔥Why did you become a hockey coach? Based on my varsity experiences, I felt I could provide a structured and disciplined program to maximize player skill development.What's your Coaching Philosophy/Approach? I have an authoritarian approach, but I work to connect with the players as individuals and provide clear expectations.2nd Period: Chalk Talk Choices🏒📝Favourite NHL Team/Player? Toronto Maple LeafsFavourite Drill or Skill to Teach? Marlin Breakout Warm Up DrillWhat your Players would say that you always say/yell during practices or games?"Hard Lap and a Drink! when transitioning between drills. 3rd Period: Fun Facts & Personal Picks!🎉📢What do you enjoy doing away from the rink? Since watching figure skating and box lacrosse are also at the rink, it would have to be fatty acid and lipidomic research at work.Favourite Movie, Book or TV Show? “Biochemistry: A Short Course”, by Hines, Reinke and TymoczkoFavourite Pre-Game Meal or Snack? Coffee Favourite Music Artist or Song?"I'm Just Ken"Overtime: Final Buzzer🏒🔔What's one piece of advice you'd give your players? Work to stretch your comfort zone in hockey and life.Anything else you'd like to share about yourself? I have a Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences and I am a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo. I can provide the U18 player personal and professional insights about combining athletics and academics at the postsecondary level.🏒 Game Over, Coach’s Call!That’s the final buzzer on our Q&A with Coach Stark! Stick taps to you for sharing your story!Looking forward to seeing Coach Stark and the U18BB Waterloo Wolves in action in 2025-26!For 2025-26 Programming Information, including Prep Skates, Evaluation Registration and Seasonal Information, please contact the WMHA Office at:  [email protected]🐺🐺🐺×

Tim Van Hinte

INTRODUCING OUR U18BB TEAM WHITE - HEAD COACH FOR THE 2025-26 SEASON🎉🎉TIM VAN HINTE🎉🎉Contact Coach Van Hinte via email at: [email protected]🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺Bench Banter: Get to Know Coach Van Hinte 🏒🔥Tim Van Hinte has coached hockey for over 25 years at all levels from House League to AAA.The first team he ever coached was a WMHA house league team with his university roommates.Since then he has coached in Ontario, New Brunswick, British Columbia and the Yukon.He has his High Performance 1 certification from Hockey Canada and is a two-time OHF champion as a player.🏒 Game Over, Coach’s Call! Stick taps to Coach Van Hinte for sharing your info!Looking forward to seeing Coach Van Hinte and the U18BB Waterloo Wolves in action in 2025-26!For 2025-26 Programming Information, including Prep Skates, Evaluation Registration and Seasonal Information, please contact the WMHA Office at:  [email protected]🐺🐺🐺×