Keene State College Men's Ice Hockey

Bobby Rodrigue was named the first head coach in program history in October 2023. Since 2006, Rodrigue has served as the head coach for the Owls' club program, shepherding it from its infancy to a regional power in the American Club Hockey Association.   The Owls won New England Conference Hockey Association championships in 2016, 2020, and 2023, and made ACHA national tournament appearances in 2016, 2017, and 2019.  The Owls were also selected for the 2020 version of the tournament before it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Rodrigue has also coached several NECHA All-Stars, including Will Slohm, Kyle Carignan, and Carlin Testa.  Carignan and Testa were also both selected to represent the United States on the ACHA National Team at the World University Games, held in Russia in 2019. In 2017, he was a national finalist for the ACHA Coach of the Year award, and in 2016, he received the Bob O'Conner District Coaching Education Award. A Keene State graduate with a degree in Management, Rodrigue received the Outstanding Service Award from the KSC Alumni Association in 2016, and the KSC Outstanding Citizen of the Year in 2000. Rodrigue currently serves as the Operations Manager and Hockey Director for Keene ICE, the facility that the Owls will use as they begin competition in 2024-25.    He has also been the Player Development Administrator for the New England District of USA Hockey, as well as a Select Camp Team Leader and Mentor Coach Developer for USA Hockey, and the Coach-in-Chief for the New Hampshire Amateur Hockey Association.  

A Keene native, Romeo played hockey at Keene High School before continuing his career at Keene State as a member of the club team during its first two seasons. In addition to being the Referee-in-Chief for Keene Youth Hockey and the Commissioner of the Keene Men’s League, Mike has been an assistant coach for the KSC club hockey team for the past two seasons, which included an appearance in the ACHA Division II national tournament in 2024. Romeo works for the University System of New Hampshire as a procurement manager.  He lives in Keene with his wife, Ashley, and their dog, Ruger.

A native of Amherst, N.H., Nutting is a familiar name to followers of Keene State athletics, as he played both hockey (for the ACHA club team) and lacrosse with the Owls.  He was a two-time Offensive Player of the Year in the Little East Conference for men's lacrosse and was named an honorable mention All-American.  Before Keene, Joe played lacrosse at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and was a member of junior hockey for the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs. Nutting scored 100 points as an Owl hockey player and has spent his last two years at Franklin Pierce University as an associate head coach for the men's ice hockey team.  Joe has returned to Keene State to split duties as an assistant coach for both Owl men's lacrosse and hockey teams.

A native of Cranston, RI, Testa was a goaltender at the Pomfret School before coming to Keene State, where he played on the men's club ice hockey team.  As a goaltender at with the Owls, Carlin was named an ACHA All-Northeast First Team Goaltender twice and helped his team to four national tournament berths and was a goaltender for the 2019 ACHA Select Team at the World University Games in Barnaul, Russia.   After graduating in 2020, Testa became an Athletic Trainer for a private school in Connecticut before returning to Keene State as a trainer in 2022.  Carlin has served as the goaltending coach for the KSC club hockey team and works player development camps for the New England District of USA Hockey and is an instructor for Pro-Crease Goaltending.  Carlin lives in Keene with his wife, Alexis ’19, and their dog, Bear.