Cloverdale Midget A1 Coaching Staff

CLOVERDALE MIDGET A1 COLTS
2011 - 2012

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Coaching Staff

HEAD COACH: Mike Bose
	My hockey career started when I was 2 years old with skating lessons. At the age of 7 I was enrolled in minor hockey in Semiahmoo; there was no Cloverdale Minor at that time. In 1971, the Cloverdale Arena opened and I moved from Semiahmoo to Cloverdale as a first year PeeWee player. I was lucky enough to play on the opening day of the arena to a full house. I had a successful career playing for Cloverdale through to Midget. One moment of success was an invitation to the Dairyland Invitational Tournament, which was for the the top three players from each association in the province, and being selected captain of the team. Forced from the game by knee injuries, after a long break from the game, I came back to coach.
Starting in 1990 with a Bantam "C" team that had a very successful season, was given a chance to coach the Bantam "A" team the following season. This is when the passion was reignited, taking Cloverdale from tier 4 to tier 1 in three years, and from "AA" to "AAA". In my 21 seasons of coaching I have coached every level, and as many as five teams in a single season. Highlights include making it to Final 4 Playoffs 4 times, and to Provincials once. Also, winning many league banners and several President's Cups. I have coached in the BCAHA U16 3 times, been a team leader in the U17, and also coached the midget Scholarship Tournament 3 times. My greatest reward from the game and my measure of success has, and always will be, by the enjoyment of the players and them achieving their goals as hockey players.

ASSISTANT COACH: Ray Koevoets
	I was born November 13, 1963 in Montreal where I first started to skate on the outdoor rinks. I began playing hockey when we moved to Richmond at the age of six and competed in the Richmond Minor system until 1982 on the Juvenile A team. I played with the Grandview Steelers in 1983 and went on to play with BCIT until 1986 when I graduated with an Administrative Management Business Degree. From 1987 until 2000 I managed and played on a senior mens hockey team and continued to play organized hockey until last year. I started coaching hockey in 1998 with Cloverdale, my last coaching position was the head coach of the Midget A2 team for the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. In the past 11 years, I have taken three teams to the Final 4, won several tournaments, and never lost a first round playoff game as a head coach
One unique highlight was beating the Cloverdale Peewee B1 team in the final of the Ridge Meadows tournament with my B2 team. Being an Assistant Coach on the Midget A1 team this season, is a real honor, I look forward to working with the staff and having a great year. Not only will I learn more for myself to enhance my future coaching endeavors, but I will be able to pass on my passion and understanding of the game to a group of great young men.

ASSISTANT COACH: Shawn McBride
	Shawn McBride is a local hockey talent who grew up right here in Surrey. During his 11 years in the Surrey Minor Hockey system he was well known as a talented and competitive hockey player. Shawn’s ongoing passion with not only the game but the physical mechanics behind hockey have led him to a career in personal training. He specializes in hockey specific training and works with developing young athletes at Impact Hockey Development as an on and off ice instructor. This knowledge of fitness and his coaching experience has helped him to become a very versatile and effective coach. Parents and fellow coaches recognize Shawn as a “players coach” for his enthusiasm and youthful approach to the game. Shawn is committed to helping his players achieve their goals in the game of hockey and in life.
Shawn has yet to hang up his skates as he continues to develop his own game on his men’s hockey team.