SDAHC is proud to announce our 2005/2006 Season Coaches:

 

 

 

 

-We’re thrilled to welcome John Paris, Jr. to head our Midget AAA Team and give our local boys a reason to stay home!  John and his wife, Stephanie, will be arriving in San Diego within a month and he’s looking forward to getting on the ice with the Midgets shortly thereafter. 

 

 

-Another new addition to our Gulls Family is Jay Hebert for our 05/06 Midget AA Team!  You’ll have a chance to meet Jay soon as we are organizing the rest of our summer clinics.  We’re excited to have John and Jay lead our top teams. 

 

 

-We’re proud to have Kevin Brown return as our Midget A/B Coach.

 

 

-Our Bantam AA Major Team will be lead by Bruce Miller

 

 

-We’ll be fielding a Bantam AA Minor Team lead by our Hockey Director, Larry Cahn

 

 

-TJ Reinsch is excited to Coach our Bantam A/B Team

 

 

-Kevin Armbruster returns as our Peewee AA Coach

 

 

-Pierre Dufour will be leading our Peewee A/B Team

 

 

-Our youngest team is certain to have another successful season under the guidance of Tevia Arlidge as our Squirt A/B coach

 

 

 

 

 

*coaches bio’s will be updated shortly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Midget AAA: John Paris, Jr.: 
John has decided to return to development hockey after spending last season in the professional ranks, his direction of thought is to help develop hockey youths by teaching the needs and why of implication and execution to become a top notch performer, to be able to advance to their full potential as talent is not enough , he will not tell you necessarily what you want to hear but he will tell what you need to hear , San Diego is his choice and he has always stated this since his IHL days, “one day I am going to return here to coach elite youth hockey.”

John has been a professional hockey educator cumulating more than 30 years experience in the field as a Coach, General Manager, scout, personal trainer, teacher and key-note speaker.  John has been recognized for excelling behind the bench as well as in development training, team building and overall achievement of his teams.  Perfectionist to the core, though patient, known to respond well under stress, always very involved with players.

As a player he played within the prestigious Montreal Canadian Chain as a junior recruited by Scotty Bowman.

John has guided his teams to numerous championships, including the prestigious Air Canada Cup Emblem of Canadian supremacy at Midget AAA level. , Under 17

Esso cup, Turner cup IHL - Atlanta knights, (Tampa Bay Lightning top affiliate team). Was a member as head coach/gm within the Quebec major junior hockey league, members of the CHL.

John coached and helped prepare 11 first round NHL draft picks, was named coach of the year five times and numerous all star nominations. John has held the position of recruiter for the NHL St. Louis Blues.  He was inducted into the Nova Scotia heritage Hall of Fame

(Windsor, Nova Scotia) and holds the distinction of being the first Black head coach / Gm in the history of professional hockey.

John also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a specialization in Athletic Counseling and Sport Psychology, 101.102.103.104 
Accounting CEGP 
Specialization in Employee inter action
Specialization in Human Behavioral Patterns
Specialization in Substance Abuse
2 years of music (piano / organ)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Midget AA: Jay Hebert:

Played prep school hockey @ Loomis-Chaffee 92-94

Received full athletic scholarship to University of Massachusetts 1994

Transferred to State University of New @ Oswego 1995 

College hockey experience:

State University of New York @ Oswego 95-98 

All conference 95-96, 97-98

All American candidate   95-96, 97-98

Senior all star game participant 1998

Professional hockey experience:

1998-2003

Competed in Anaheim Mighty Ducks training camp 1998

Played 5 seasons in the minors

Coaching experience:

Assistant coach St. Louis Jr. Blues bantam AAA 2003-04

Head Coach Delta Squirt AAA spring team 2004

Current employment:

Athletes Edge

Vista, CA

Exercise specialist

Certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS)

 

Bantam AA Major: Bruce J. Miller

 

Education:     

 

BA in Communications, State University of New York (SUNY) at Genseo

 

Professional Experience:      

 

Self-Employed Entrepeneur.  Business Holdings include; music stores, restaurants, bars and nightclubs

 

Hockey Coaching Experience:

 

Assistant Coach- SUNY Geneseo 1986-1989.  Assisted with all responsibilities involved with maintaining a top level NCAA Division III hockey program.  Duties included; recruitment of student athletes on, on and off ice preparation and complete game management of the defense and penalty killing units.

 

Graduate Assistant- SUNY Geneseo 1985-1986

 

Head Coach- Geneseo High School Varsity Hockey team 1995-1999.  Turned a small undisciplined and unsuccessful high school hockey program into one of statewide prominence, winning 80% of its games, 3 league titles and two coach of the year awards.

 

Related Coaching Experience:

 

Head Instructor- Buffalo Sabres Summer Hockey Schools 1988-1991

 

Head Instructor- All-American Hockey Schools, Rochester, New York  1992-1995

 

Head Instructor- R.I.T. Hockey Schools, Rochester, New York 1994

 

Hockey Playing Experience:

 

SUNY Geneseo 1982-1985

 

West Geneseo High School 1978-1981, Senior Year Captain and All County

 

Major Tier I-Midstate Youth Hockey Association (later to become the Syracuse Stars)  1970-1978

 

 

Bantam AA Minor: Larry Cahn: 

 

 

2004-Present                        Director of Hockey, San Diego Amateur Hockey Club                             

 

2004-2005                           Head Coach, SDAHC Midget AAA Team

 

2000-2004                            Hockey Coach/ Private Hockey Instructor San Jose, CA

Coached San Jose Jr. Sharks U14 AA Minor 2000-2001..

Coached the San Jose Jr. Sharks U14 AA Major team to a  State Championship,  Regional Championship, and  2nd place finish in the 2001-2002 National Championships..

Coached the San Jose Midget U16 AA team to a Regional Championship, and a 3rd place finish in the 2002-2003 National Championships..

San Jose Jr. Sharks Midget U16 AAA team 2003-2004 Head Coach..

 

2/97-8/00                            Youth Hockey Director, President of Travel Hockey Club La Jolla, CA

                                             

 

 

OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE

 

3/98-present                       California Amateur Hockey Association

                                                              Director

Youth Council committee member (98-02), Discipline Review committee member.. Regional, State, and League evaluator..

2000-2003                          Northern California Amateur Hockey Association

                                                              Director of Coaches..

 

SHOWCASE COACHING PROFILE

 

2002                                                     USA Hockey Select 16 Pacific District Head Coach..

2002-2004                                          Team California, Chicago Showcase Assistant Coach..

2001                                                     USA Hockey Select 17 Pacific District Assistant Coach..

2001                                                     Powell River Jr. Prep Camp Instructor..

2000                                                     USA Hockey Select 17 Pacific District Team Leader..

 

 

 

Bantam A: TJ Reinsch:

T. J. Reinsch returns for his 3rd season with the Gulls.  The last 2 seasons, he has served as the Pee Wee A coach. 

 

Prior to moving to S. California in 2003, T. J. coached at the Bantam and Midget level in his hometown, Sioux City, IA for 5 seasons.  In 2001, T. J.'s Bantam AA squad qualified for the Central District Tier II Tournament.  After finishing his collegiate playing career, T. J. was a member of the coaching staff at Iowa State University for two seasons, serving as the head coach of the division II team and an assistant coach on the division I team.

 

T. J. played at ACHA Division I, Iowa State University and was a member of the 1992 National Championship team.

 

 

Peewee A: Pierre Dufour:

Pierre was born in Bedford, Quebec, played all of his youth hockey in that region.  He moved to Ottawa, Ontario to play Jr A hockey for two years.  From there he received a scholarship to The Ohio State University, NCAA Div. 1.  
After graduation he moved on to play 2 years in the minors in the U.S., one year in the Central Hockey League and the second in the West Coast Hockey League.  He then went oversees to finish his playing career.  He played two years in Denmark and the last one in Sweden.  
This past season he coached the Jr Gulls Squirt Team to the State Championship game.

 

 

Squirt A/B: Tevia Arlidge

  • Played NCAA Hockey in ECAC Conference
  • San Diego Gulls Midget AAA Coach
  • San Jose Sharks Midget AA Coach, 3rd place at USA Hockey Nationals
  • San Jose Sharks Midget AA Coach, 1st place at USA Hockey Pacific Regionals
  • Head Instructor of San Diego Gulls Power Skating Program
  • Advanced Level USA Hockey Coaching Certification
  • Coordinator of Hockey Workout Inc., Instructional Programs
  • Head Instructor of Hockey Workout Inc., Summer Camps
  • Coached 2nd place Squirt team at Pacific District Championships, USA Inline Hockey
  • Private Instructor