Thursday, June 9, 2016
The Female Midget AAA (FMAAA) league is pleased to announce additional team staff for the 2016-2017 season. The staff are being named in addition to
the previously announced team staff.
The following personnel are joining FMAAA teams for the 2016-2017 season:
Team
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Name
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Position
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Greater Vancouver Comets
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Don Murray
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Assistant Coach
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Greater Vancouver Comets
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Jessica Jobst-Smith
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General Manager
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Greater Vancouver Comets
|
Vaun Malo
|
Assistant Coach
|
Thompson-Okanagan Lakers
|
Sylvain Leone
|
Head Coach
|
Northern Capitals
|
Megan Price
|
Assistant Coach
|
Northern Capitals
|
Dayle Poulin
|
Assistant Coach
|
Murray served as head coach of the Surrey Falcons Bantam A team last season, and previously acted as assistant coach for the 2014-2015 season.
Jobst-Smith served as the manager of the North Shore Avalanche Bantam A team for the past three (3) seasons.
Malo was on the bench for the Comets last season as an assistant coach. He has been with the Greater Vancouver FMAAA program since the 2013-2014 season.
Leone brings plenty of experience to the Lakers bench. He has worked with BC Hockey’s Female High Performance program for many seasons, serving as a coach for Team BC at the 2013 U18 Women’s National Championship and the 2015 Canada Winter Games. He was also a coach with Kelowna’s Midget Female AAA team from 2005 to 2007. Last season he served as the head coach of the Kelowna Midget Female A team.
Price played Midget AAA hockey in Alberta before moving on to Niagara University (NCAA Division 1). For the past two (2) seasons, Price has been an assistant coach with the Calgary Steelers U15 program.
Poulin played for the Prince George FMAAA team from 2004 to 2008 before joining the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds (CIS).
The FMAAA program consists of six (6) zone-based teams across the province – the Fraser Valley Rush (Langley), Greater Vancouver Comets (Coquitlam), Kootenay Wild (Nelson), Northern Capitals (Prince George), Thompson-Okanagan Lakers (Vernon), and Vancouver Island Seals (Campbell River). The teams play a 30 game regular season, followed by the playoffs. The FMAAA Champion has the opportunity to compete for the ESSO Cup, Hockey Canada's National Female Midget Championship.