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Management Bios

1. Peter MacInnis (President )
2. Randy Collins (Ice, Equipment Manager and Assistant Webmaster)

Coach & Staff Bios

1. Greg Schell (Head Coach - Minor Atom)
2. Kelly Ryan (Assistant Coach - Minor Atom)
3. John Kellenberger (Assistant Coach - Minor Atom)
4. John Silva (Manager - Minor Atom)
5. Gil Raposo (Trainer - Minor Atom)
6. Vanja Cecen (Head Coach - Minor Bantam)
7. George Elliopoulos (Assistant Coach - Minor Bantam)
8. Bill Jessup (Assistant Coach - Minor Bantam)
9. Steve Mercer (Head Coach - Bantam)
10. David Cicchini (Assistant Coach - Bantam)
11. Peter Seessle (Assistant Coach - Bantam)
12. Jason Izraelski (Trainer - Bantam)

Peter MacInnis has served the hockey community for the past 35 years. In 1998 he was awarded the "Chamandy Award" which is the highest honour awarded by the Greater Toronto Hockey League for "Outstanding Service in the Fostering and Promotion of youth hockey in the GTHL". In 2002, Mr. MacInnis was awarded the 2001 Toronto Real Estate Board's prestigious "Commercial Division Award of Merit" for his dedication to the commercial real estate profession and his commitment to youth and the community. Later that same year, he was presented with the Jennifer Ashleigh Foundation's "Heather Grand Volunteer of the Year Award", and in 2007 he was awarded the "Cooper Humanitarian Award" for service to youth and minor hockey.

Mr. MacInnis is married with three children, two boys and one girl. Both his boys played and refereed hockey, and he still coaches in the North York Hockey League's house league select program at the 1992 age level. His last year coaching at the AAA level was in 1989, where he took his Don Mills Flyers Bantam team to the finals of the All Ontario Bantam Championships in Ottawa.

Mr. MacInnis is the current President of the Jennifer Ashleigh Children's Charity and has been an active member and supporter of this wonderful children's charity since its inception in 1990. The Foundation assists chronically ill children and their families "when love in not enough" and currently assists 600 families annually in the GTA and throughout Ontario.

Mr. MacInnis has a great passion for the game of hockey, and for the positive impact it has on our young people. "I believe that hockey provides a healthy, safe, and competitive environment, where kids learn to work together as a team, take direction, develop character, build friendships, and acquire lasting memories." "It takes a great deal of courage and sacrifice to play competitive hockey and I have the utmost respect for the kids that play the game".

Randy started coaching in 1980. Since 1984 he has been associated, in various positions, with the Don Mills Flyers organization. Positions include long time stints as assistant coach, manager and trainer with four of Don Mills Flyers more successful teams. Most recently, Randy was the manager of the GTHL Minor Midget Champions (2006).
He is also the Don Mills Flyers Equipment Manager and Ice Coordinator.
Randy holds an Advanced Coaches Certificate for both hockey and lacrosse, along with a Level Three Trainers Certificate.
Randy works in the Markham-area and lives in East End of the city with his wife Nancy.

Greg Schell is entering his 17th season with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Schell was appointed the position of youth & amateur hockey development by Ken Dryden, John Lashway and Kristy Fletcher on July 13, 2000.

Schell, 36, began his association with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the early-1990’s. The native of East York, Ont has served the Club in Security Services, Game Operations, and Community Relations. In his current role, Schell has been instrumental in helping shape the future of hockey in Canada by creating best practices for National Hockey League teams through child development.

Greg not only manages and operates all of the Clubs development programs, he has played an important role the Clubs Prospects Camp, Club representative to Hockey Canada and is an appointed member of the NHL’s Youth Development Advisory Board.

Schell and his wife Roula have two young athletes and reside in East York, Ont.

Kelly brings 8 years of rep minor hockey coaching experience to the Don
Mills Flyers Minor Atom team, including roles as both head and assistant
coach. Kelly grew up playing AAA minor hockey in New Liskeard, Ontario and
was most recently Coach of the Don Mills Civitan Flyers 2001 Select Team
and East Ender Ticats Atom AA squad.

John Kellenberger has over thirty-five years of hockey experience including head coach, assist coach, trainer, player, referee, and convener. Mr. Kellenberger grew up playing AA minor hockey, high school hockey and University Intramural Tier 1 hockey. Most recently John has been coaching at the Tier 1 Select Level in the NYHL with North Toronto for the 2001 age group, as well as assisting at the AAA Level in the GTHL with the Toronto Nationals for the 1999 age group.

John has volunteered in a variety of positions within minor hockey, most recently managing the Don Mills Jr. Flyers 2001’s. Prior to that John was trainer for the North York Knights team and assisted in their Learn to Play program. Over the years he has also been active in a number of children’s community based sporting activities. John grew up in Toronto, and currently works in the advertising industry. He is an avid hockey enthusiast and continues to play.

Gil Raposo is presently employed as a Recreation Therapist at St Michael's Hospital and is in his second year as a trainer with the Don Mills Flyers. Gil is a certified instructor/trainer in First Aid and CPR/AED. In addition to his work at St Michael's Hospital Gil owns a private business offering Emergency Response Training for various companies throughout the GTA. Gil is involved in the Beaches Lacrosse Association with his son Jakson

Vanja?s enthusiastic and technical development coaching stile is based on extensive hands on hockey career:
11 pro hockey seasons in Yugoslavia as a member of Belgrade ?s Red Star and Yugoslav National Ice Hockey teams,
12 seasons of coaching minor hockey experience in GTHL/NYHL and his Engineering background.

George started his hockey goalie career in GTHL, and played for Wexford Raiders, Young Nationals, and finished up his minor hockey career playing with the Toronto Marlboros.
George was drafted out of midget in the 5th round of the O.H.L by St. Michaels Majors, and was awarded an athletic scholarship to R.I.T (Rochester Institute of Technology – Division 1 School) where he played after 4 years. George coaches minor hockey in GTHL for 4 years.

GTHL/NYHL
hockey coach with 5 years of experience.
Played competitive hockey till age of 19.
Bill play for Don Mills Flyers AAA as a young kid.

Born and raised in Toronto, Steve has been coaching elite hockey teams in the GTA for over 15 years. He has coached successful clubs at both the minor and junior levels as both an assistant and head coach.

Steve brings an extremely targeted and professional approach to the game on a daily basis and gradually gets more and more out of his players from workout to practice to game. His approach to the game gives players an early introduction to what is involved with being an elite hockey player at the junior, college and professional levels.

He was an Assistant Coach with the 1993-94 Vaughan Kings Bantam AAA team that captured the Kobe Cup All Ontario title in Kenora, Ontario. A notable member of the Kings club was current NHL'er Mike Weaver (St. Louis). He worked under Lindsay Hofford whose experience includes head coaching stints of the Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) and the London Knights (OHL).

Steve was also an assistant coach with the 1998-1999 OHA Jr.A. Champion Bramalea Blues that went on to a 3rd place finish at the prestigious Royal Bank Cup. Members of Mercer's Blues teams included notables Steve Eminger (Anaheim), Adam Hall (Tampa Bay), Mike Cammalleri (Montreal), Nathan Marsters (R.P.I.) and John Nail (Michigan State).

In 1999-2000, Steve joined Hofford in leading the Vaughan Vipers to the third round of the OHA playoffs, their most successful season to date, before taking over as the club's head coach the following season.

After two years with the Vipers, Steve returned to minor hockey taking over the Vaughan Kings Atom AAA team made up of players born in 1990. In his first season, the club finished 3rd in the league with a 26-8-2 record and a semi-final appearance. His second season saw him lead the Kings to a 28-6-2 record and another All-Ontario AAA Championship in Peewee.

Mercer's first year with the Don Mills Flyers saw the Bantam team improve from 11th place the previous year to a playoff berth and near upset in the quarter-finals. His second season resulted in further improvement, winning the GTHL Minor Midget Championship (2006). For the past two seasons, Steve has been the head coach of the Toronto Jr. Canadiens 1994 age group who ended up in 3rd place in league standings, GTHL Finalists and ranked 2nd in the Minor Midget OHL Cup rankings.

Steve resides in Woodbridge with his wife Elaine and two daughters. He owns and operates Interlock Landscape and Construction Limited.

The native of Sarnia, Dave began his coaching career in 1994 while attending university in Waterloo. Having graduated in 1995 and moved to Toronto, Dave became involved with the Toronto Colts.

In 1999, Dave was an assistant coach with the Don Mills Flyers Minor Atom team in the 1989 age group. His teams have had a regular playoff presence and have also won some prestigious tournaments. In 2004, he joined Steve Mercer with the Don Mills Flyers Bantam team in the 1990 age group. That season, the team improved from 11th place to a 7th place playoff berth and a near upset in the quarter-finals. The next season saw further improvement to a 6th place regular season finish culminating in a GTHL Minor Midget Championship (2006) and a semi-final finish in the OHL Cup. Notable players from that team include NHL draft picks Nick Crawford (Buffalo) and Anthony Nigro (St. Louis).

After a stint with the Brampton Capitals Jr. A team, Dave returned to minor hockey as an assistant coach with the Toronto Jr. Canadiens in the 1994 age group. The past two seasons again saw year over year improvements. The team ended this past season in 3rd place in league standings, GTHL Finalists and ranked 2nd in the Minor Midget OHL Cup rankings.

Prior to coaching, Dave was a certified hockey referee for thirteen years.

Dave is employed by RBC in downtown Toronto and resides in East York with his wife Vanessa.

Pete was born and raised in the Toronto area and actually was a high school classmate of former NHL'er Wayne Gretzky during his short tenure in the city.

Pete has coached minor and junior hockey for over twenty years and has coached the likes of Rick Jackman (Anaheim), Mike Weaver (St. Louis), Mike Cammalleri (Montreal), Steve Montador (Buffalo) and Brad Boyes (St. Louis).

He has been a head coach or assistant coach with the Toronto Young Nationals, Mississauga Reps, Burlington Cougars Jr. A, Vaughan Vipers Jr. A, Vaughan Kings and Don Mills Flyers, winning some prestigious tournaments and most recently the GTHL Minor Midget Championship (2006). Most recently, he has been an assistant coach with the Toronto Jr. Canadiens 1994 age group who ended up 3rd in league standings, GTHL Finalists and ranked 2nd in the Minor Midget OHL Cup rankings.

Pete works in the Kitchener area and lives in Bolton with his wife Ruth.

Jason was born and raised in the Greater Toronto Area and fell in love with sports at an early age participating in organized hockey, baseball and swimming. Upon completing high school, he attended York University majoring in Kinesiology. While there, Jason developed a keen interest in not only participating in sports, but also working with athletes to develop and maintain optimal health. This interest led him to apply to the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC), studying 4 years to graduate as a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC). The opportunity at CMCC allowed Jason to spend countless hours training under Sports Chiropractors specialists learning about the specific musculoskeletal, nutritional and strength training needs of elite athletes. This year, Jason will begin a master?s degree at York University looking at concussion prevention in minor hockey.

Along with being a licensed chiropractor (DC), Jason currently holds the following certifications:
#Acupuncture Provider (McMaster University May 2010)
#Strength and Conditioning Coach (CSCS June 2010)
#Active Release Technique Provider (ART October 2009)

Jason has previously worked with the Toronto Jr. Canadiens 1994 Minor Midget team, as well as Steve Mercer, David Cicchini and Peter Seessle, and is looking forward to another successful season.