Coaches Corner

Hockey Director Tevia Arlidge

Hockey Director & 2012/13 Peewee AA Head Coach

Coach Tevia is originally from Johannesburg, South Africa and has lived in Sweden, Canada, Hawaii, and Massachusetts. He played NCAA ice hockey and has over 13 years of Youth Coaching experience.

Head Coach Noah Babin

2012/13 Head Coach - Bantam AA1

First Florida Born Hockey Player to get an NHL contract.

Career Highlights include:

• Played 4 years at University of Notre Dame.

• Signed with the Carolina Hurricanes Following his Senior year.

2012/13 Head Coach - Bantam AA2

Born, Edmonton Alberta Canada
Playing Experience: Played 12 seasons professional hockey Germany Played NCAA Division 1 at United States International University (USIU) San Diego.
Coaching Experience: More than two decades experience as an athlete and coach in professional sport and team management. Coached professional hockey in Germany.

Head Coach Ivan Prokic

2012/13 Head Coach - 18AA

Born in Serbia
Played for Russian Red Army Team under legendary coach Igor Tikhonov. Captain of Serbian National Team Leading goal scorer at 1995 Hockey World Championships Played professional in Europe and U.S.

Played NCAA

Head Coach Grecia Bocharov

2012/13 Head Coach - Mite Elite

Born and raised in Russia
Russian Red Army National development program
Played professional in Russia on Team Bulat
Studied Hockey in Russia with the national sports academy AAA/AA coach of multiple teams

Coached Junior B

Head Coach Sean Birkle

2012/13 Head Coach - Bantam A
Former Jr. Gulls player on multiple AAA/AA teams.
Numerous state championships and bronze medal at National Tier II Championships.
Played Junior A in NAHL.

“Sean is currently an EMT with doctors ambulance that is contracted with OCFA, California, He is pursuing a Firefighting career, with studies at Palomar College, and a graduate of the Nationally accredited San Pasqual Fire Academy.

Head Coach Yanis Golubeckis

2012/13 Head Coach - Peewee B

Born and raised in Latvia
Over 20 years playing in Eastern Europe and U.S.
Over 10 years youth coaching experience at AA-B levels.

“My philosophy is to coach kids to love the sport, to become team players (play for the name on the front of their jerseys, not the one on the back), to respect the rules, refs, coaches, teammates and their opponents. I emphasize individual and team skill development and team effort.”

Head Coach Todd Cadieux

2012/13 Head Coach - Peewee A

Born and raised in Michigan. Over 30 years playing. Played on Michigan States development team. Over 7 years coaching experience

Head Coach Dave Scowby

scowby_gulls 2012/13 Player Development

Originally from Regina, Saskatchewan Canada, Dave offers 19 years of coaching experience. A graduate of Princeton University (NCAA Division I), he played and lettered all 4 years was also team captain his senior year. Dave received a BSE in Civil Engineering and Operations Research as well as graduated from the School of Architecture.

Head Coach Phil Bateman

2012/13 Head Coach - 16AA2

Coach Phil has over 22 years of coaching, instructional and teaching experience. He is a National level certified coach in the following three sports: Ice Hockey, Tennis and Alpine Skiing, as well as a certified personal trainer. Phil holds his USA hockey Masters Level 4, High Performance Stream II through Canada Hockey as well as his Coaching Theory III through the NCCP (National Coaches Certification Program) - Canada.

Asst. Coach Matt Kunsman

Form Jr. Gulls Player on multiple AAA/AA teams
Played professional for San Diego Gulls
Played Junior A in BCHL

Played NCAA for Dartmouth College

Head Coach Jay Hebert

2012/13 Head Coach - 16AA1

Jay Hebert was born in Troy, New York and played prep school hockey at Loomis-Chaffee. In 1994 he received full athletic scholarship to University of Massachusetts.

Coach Sara Elliott

Hailing from Madoc, Ontario Canada, Sara has been coaching both boys and girls travel hockey for over 20 years. Starting out as a Professional Figure Skater, she began playing hockey while on the set of Mighty Ducks II, where she was hired to train the Principle Actors to skate by Hockey Director, Jack White.

Head Coach Scott Hilton

scott 2012/13 Head Coach - 16A

I coached for 8 seasons with the L.A. Jr. Kings Hockey Club where we won a CAHA Championship and 2 SCAHA Championships. I have coached with the SD Jr. Gulls for 2 seasons and have won a SCAHA and CAHA championship with the Jr.Gulls. I have always looked on coaching with a developmental mindset and it is my goal to develop each person as a teammate, a hockey player and hopefully, a better young man/woman.

Head Coach Juan Trevino

2012/13 Head Coach - Squirt A

Coach Juan Trevino began playing hockey at the age of 7 in the hockey hot-bed that is Metro-Detroit. Juan’s resume includes playing for the likes of the Michigan Nationals, Belle Tire, Birmingham Unified High School. At the age of 18, Juan made the Eastern Michigan University ACHA division I team and in the year 2000 he was named defensive player of the year and an ACHA all-star.

Head Coach Jason Ellis

2011/2012 Bantam A/B

Coach Jason is originally from Salt Lake City, Utah where he began playing hockey on out-door rinks as a child. He has lived in Southern California since moving here in 1988. He has made Iceoplex his home rink since it’s opening back in 1993.

Head Coach Pierre Dufour

Born and raised in Quebec, Canada
Played NCAA at The Ohio State University
Played Professional in U.S. and Europe Coached two Jr. Gulls teams to the State Championships

Coached Jr. Gulls State Champion in 2007

Asst. Coach Clark Oliver

2011/12 Peewee A

Drafted in the USHL by Waterloo Blackhawks

Played Junior A in the NAHL for Bismarck bobcats

Played NCAA University Wisconsin-river falls

Played for Jr. Gulls program Mites through MIdget AAA

Head Coach Chris Trujillo

2011/12 Midget A

Chris Trujillo was born in San Jose, Calif and started playing ice hockey when he was 10 years old. Chris played Tier 1 hockey from first year bantam through all his midget years. After finishing midget Chris began to play roller hockey and competed with team Mission USA in the World Tournament in Toronto, Canada.

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2013/14 Coaches and Teams

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Thanksgiving Tournament

2012 SD Thanksgiving Extravaganza
Tournament November 21-25, 2012
MVPs from both teams in each game Skills competition 1st place banner and trophies for players trophies for runner-up team players 4-game guarantee 3 periods 15 min. stop clock for all levels Cost: $1500

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2012 Tryout Dates & Times

Download - 2012 Tryout Dates & Times
Download - Tryout Registration Form
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Welcome Back Randy Moy

With great excitement we would like to welcome back home to San Diego and the Jr. Gulls, Randy Moy and the Moy family! Coach Moy has been a pillar in the San Diego hockey community for many years. He will be re-joining the Jr. Gulls as the new Club President and as a Head Coach.
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Jr Gull commits to Harvard

Former Jr Gull commits to Harvard
Chicago Fury have announced that center Tyler Moy has committed to attend school and play NCAA Division I hockey at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard plays in the ECAC Hockey Conference.
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San Diego Jr. Gulls-La Jolla Jaguars Merge

San Diego Jr. Gulls-La Jolla Jaguars Merge and
Jr. Gulls-Ice Town La Jolla Rink Collaboration Announcement

April 21, 2012 This Merge and Collaboration will evolve the already established development and growth of the players/teams in San Diego and California. The San Diego Jr. Gulls Hockey Club is the largest and most successful program in San Diego and one of the top programs in California, with some of the most respected professional coaches in the Pacific District. The Jr. Gulls have been in existence for over 40 years and emphasize player development and character growth on and off the ice, continuously move players on to Juniors and NCAA. This past year, Jr. Gulls Alumni played Junior A and Major Juniors in the USHL, NAHL, and the WHL. We had multiple players commit to play NCAA Division I Hockey for Harvard University. Alumni represented their country on the USA 17u Team. Finally, we had a player sign a pro-contract with the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres.
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Player Highlight

Evan Schmidbauer

NAHL Draft News

The San Diego Jr Gulls would like to congratulate Evan Schmidbauer for being drafted in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) 2010 draft.

1st round, 25th over all by the Wenatchee Wild. Evan was also the first California player to be drafted.

Congratulations Evan!!!

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Head Coach Greg Pruden