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VAULT COACHING STAFF MEMBERS

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Catherine Appleyard
Middlebury College - Class of 2024
  • Played 6 years with Mid-Fairfield Stars
  • Attended Berkshire School
    • All NEPSAC First Team
    • 3-Time Team MVP
    • Junior Female Athlete of the Year, 2019
    • Senior Female Athlete of the Year, 2020
  • USA Hockey National Camp Participant
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Lexi Cafiero
Colby College - Class of 2022
  • Entering 3rd season as Coach for the Vault Summer Training Program
  • 2020-22 Colby Women’s Ice Hockey Captain 
  • Attended Taft School 
  • Played 6 years with CT Polar Bears 
  • USA Hockey National Camp Participant 
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Bella Deluca
Williams College - Class of  2024
  • Attended Choate Rosemary Hall​
  • Attended Lawrenceville School
  • Played 3 years with CT Polar Bears

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Jenna Donohue
  • Played 6 years with Mid-Fairfield Stars
  • Attended Loomis Chaffee School
    • All Founders League 2019
    • Loomis Chaffee Outstanding Female Athlete Award 2019 & 2020
  • ​USA Hockey U18 National Select Camp Participant
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Todd Elliott
  • Attended Canterbury School & captured New England Prep School Championship
  • Finalist for USA U19 Team that competed for the Clark Cup
  • Played for Niagara University
    • Helped team to 3 CHA titles & Elite 8 in the National Tournament
  • Member of teams inducted into the Canterbury School and Niagara University Hall of Fame​
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Jenny Guider
Trinity College - Class of  2024 ​
  • Attended Westminster School
  • Played 2 years with CT Polar Bears

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Avery Flynn
Amherst College - Class of 2023
  • Entering 2nd season as Coachfor the Vault Summer Training Program
  • Attended Loomis Chaffee 
  • USA Hockey National Camp Participant 
  • Played 4 years with CT Polar Bears 
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Emma Flynn
Amherst College - Class of 2021 
  • Entering 6th season as Coach for the Vault Summer Training Program
  • 2020-21 Amherst College Women’s Ice Hockey Captain 
  • Attended Loomis Chaffee & 2016-17 Captain 
  • Three-year USA Hockey National Camp Participant 
  • Played 3 years with CT Polar Bears 
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Janka Hlinka 
Middlebury College - Class of 2018
  • Current Member of Slovak Women’s National Team 
  • 2018, 2019 Slovak National Team Assistant Captain
  • Current Member of Skellefteå AIK, Sweden
  • 2018-2021 Skellefteå AIK Assistant Captain
  • 2017-2018 Middlebury College Women’s Ice Hockey Captain
  • Played 6 years with Mid-Fairfield Stars

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Gabby Jones
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Merrimack College - Class of 2022
  • Entering 2nd season as Coach for the Vault Summer Training Program
  • Attended Williston Northampton School
  • Named to 2017-18 NEPSAC All-Star Team
  • USA Hockey National Camp Participant
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Gwil Jones
  • 20 Years coaching in Massachusetts and New York
  • New York State Champion
  • 2x runner up at Mass State Championship
  • EHF champion
  • Coached dozens of national camp players who have gone on to play college hockey
  • Focuses on player development
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Allison Koenig 
Quinnipiac University - Class of 2022
  • Regular Season Coach with CT Polar Bears 
  • Member of Quinnipiac University Rugby Team
  • 2019-2021 Quinnipiac Women’s Rugby Captain
  • USA Rugby National U18 & 20 Team Member
  • 2017-18 Milwaukee Jr Admirals Ice Hockey & Captain

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Olivia Konigson 
Quinnipiac University - Class of 2021
  • 2020-22 Quinnipiac University Women’s Hockey Captain 
  • 2019-20 Quinnipiac University Women’s Hockey Assistant Captain
  • Three-time ECAC All-Academic team
  • Three-year USA Hockey National Camp Participant
  • Attended Stillwater Area High School, Minnesota
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Emily Martino
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Hobart & William Smith Colleges - Class of 2022
  • 2020-22 Captain of the William Smith Ice Hockey Team
  • Attended Canterbury School
  • Played five years with CT Polar Bears
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​MaryKate Martino
Hobart & William Smith Colleges - Class of 2022
  • Member of William Smith Ice Hockey Team
  • Attended Canterbury School​
  • Played six years with CT Polar Bears

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Savannah Popick 
Saint Anselm’s College - Class of  2024
  •  ​Attended The Gunnery & 2018-20 Captain
  • Recipient of The Athletic Cup Award in 2020
  • Former Polar Bear
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Megan Rittenhouse
Colby College - Class of 2024
  • Entering 2nd season as Coach for the Vault Summer Training Program
  • Attended Westminster School & 2019-20 Tri-Varsity Captain 
  • NEPSAC Honorable Mention 
  • Played three years with CT Polar Bears 
  • USA Hockey National Camp Participant
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Olivia Santini
University of Vermont - Class of 2023
  • Entering 2nd season as Coach for the Vault Summer Training Program
  • Attended The Taft School 
  • Played five years with the Connecticut Polar Bears

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Jessica Tabb Wood
  • Former Polar Bear
  • Northfield Mount Hermon- Head Girls’ Hockey Coach, 2018-2020
  • New England College- Volunteer Coach, 2011-2012
  • Cathedral High School- Varsity Girls’ Head Coach, 2008-2011
  • Springfield Jr. Pics- U14-U19 Head Coach, 2005-2008
  • Played for Providence College
    • ​ECAC Rookie of the Year, 1997-98
    • ​Team MVP, 1997-98 and 2000-01
    • Patty Kazmaier Final 10 Nominee, 97-98 and 00-01
    • Captain, 00-01
    • Assistant Captain, 99-00
    • Female Athlete of the Year, 00-01
  • Providence College Hall of Fame Inductee, '19
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Katie Savage
Amherst College - Class of 2019 ​
  • Entering 3rd season as Coach for the Vault Summer Training Program
  • Member of Amherst Women's Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, and  Lacrosse Teams 
  • 2019 Friends of Amherst Athletics Award Recipient
  • ACHA All-American Scholar, 2017-18 
  • NESCAC All-Academic Team Selection, 2016-2019
  • Attended Westminster School & 2014-15 Captain
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Besty Winslow
Trinity College - Class of 2025
  • Attended Westminster School
    • 4 Year Tri-Varsity Athlete 
  • Played 4 years Mid Fairfield & 2 years CT Junior Eagles 
  • USA Hockey National Camp Participant 

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Casey Winslow
Colby College - Class of 2025
  • Attended Westminster School
    • 2020-21 Tri-Varisty Captain (Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse)
  • Played 4 years with Mid Fairfield & 2 years with CT Jr Eagles
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Janice Yang
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Brown University - Class of 2015 
  • Entering 7th season as a Coach for the CT Polar Bears
  • Played for Brown University 2011-2015 
  • ECAC All-Academic Team 2014 & 2015 
  • Attended Choate Rosemary Hall 
    • NEPSAC First Team All-Star

GOALIE TRAINING STAFF


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George Jordan
  • ​​20 Years coaching at the youth, high school & prep school level
  • Played for Hobart College
    •  Rookie of the Year
    • 6th All Time in Career Saves
    • 4th All Time in Games Played
  • NEPSAC All New-England & All-Star
  • Instructor Mitch Korn Goalie School & Robby Glantz Powerskating
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Mike Landino
  • Over 10 years of hockey and goaltending development coaching experience
  • Played for Notre Dame of West Haven & Quinnipiac University Club Hockey (ACHA Div. III)
  • Currently serves as the assistant coach at King School in Stamford and also teaches in the Middle School.
  • Along with King School, Mike coaches with The Q, AAA spring program and serves as the goaltending development coach for Tier I and Tier II teams for the CT Jr. Whalers
  • Has also coached with QU Club Hockey, New Canaan Country School, Branford and ND West Haven High Schools
  • Mike's team's have won an SCC Conference Title and a CIAC Div. I State Championship.
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Tiffany Romaniello Hayes 
  • Former Polar Bear; Led her Polar Bear teams to 5 consecutive National Championships from 1995 - 1999
  • Played for University of Vermont
    • Graduated from UVM as the owner of six career goaltending records and every single-season mark
    • Finished with 3,001 saves, second all-time in NCAA history and at Vermont, behind only Tim Thomas
  • University of Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee, '13

COACHING MENTORSHIP PROGRAM


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Sara Comiskey
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Maddie Desouza
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Delaney Ellsworth

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Bea Flynn
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Elsa Haakonsen
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Maude Niemann

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