Merrimack College Men's Ice Hockey

Scott Borek By The Numbers Overall Coaching Record 165-222-27 (.431) Record at Merrimack 89-128-12 (.414) All-Americans 12* All-Conference Selections 22* NHL Players Recruited 17* Coach of the Year Awards 1* * = includes other schools Scott Borek, the eighth head coach in the history of the Merrimack College men's ice hockey program, begins his eighth season at the helm during the 2025-26 campaign.  Borek, who arrived in North Andover with 33 years of collegiate coaching experience, including eight as a head coach, has brought a bold vision to campus that has promised to revamp the program's recruiting philosophy and engage all vital supporters of the Merrimack Hockey -- alumni and fans alike -- as part of "Mission Merrimack". The new brand mantra for the team is based upon a 24-hour, 365-day commitment to being as great as one can be while striving toward the team's lofty goals of winning championships while setting up its student-athletes for success in the next phase of their lives, whether it be in professional hockey ranks or in other career paths. There is no denying that, with Borek at the helm, anyone involved with Merrimack College men's ice hockey must be passionate about being better every day no matter what their role is. In his first season guiding the Warriors, Borek helped rising sophomore Chase Gresock emerge as one of the nation's most exciting newcomers on the way to earning Hockey East All-Rookie Team accolades, in addition to a number of weekly honors along the way. Merrimack skated to victories against three of the four Beanpot schools, including two top-15 victories over Boston University and Northeastern University, the latter of which went on to win both the Beanpot and Hockey East Tournament. The Warriors also picked up wins over Hockey East Tournament finalist Boston College and the program's first-ever win on the road against Michigan. Borek's second year at Merrimack was a clear sign that success is on the way and it could very well shake up the landscape of Hockey East. With a massive 16-man freshmen class, the Warriors won two more games than the previous campaign, including seven victories in the league. Freshman Declan Carlile made a splash in his first year, as he was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie team and was also named a finalist for the league's Rookie of the Year award when he tallied 22 points on four goals and 18 assists as a defenseman. The high point of the season came in late February when the Warriors swept #15 Providence in a home-and-home series. In the middle of the season, NHL Central Scouting came out with its mid-term rankings for the NHL Draft and Merrimack had five players on the list, including Carlile, Zach Uens and Jere Huhtamaa to go along with a pair of future players, which tied with Boston College for the most players on the list in Hockey East. The Warriors ended up with a historic day at the 2020 NHL Draft. Zach Uens (Florida) and Alex Jefferies (NY Islanders) both came off the board in the fourth round, which was the first time two Warriors were taken before the fifth round in the same draft in program history.  More steps forward were taken for Borek and the Warriors in a COVID-19 adjusted schedule that included just 18 regular season games against all Hockey East opponents in 2020-21. The Warriors topped eventual national champion, UMass, in the second game of the season and went on to notch two other nationally ranked wins, including a second victory over a top-10 foe when they beat Boston University in late-February. Merrimack's top-3 scorers all joined the Warriors during Borek's tenure, as Filip Forsmark made a splash with a team-leading 13 points and fellow sophomore, Liam Walsh, topped the team with seven goals. Jefferies had a stellar rookie campaign with 10 points in 12 games to lead all newcomers and Carlile was an NCAA statistical champion with his 3.14 blocked shots per game to go along with 10 points, which led all Warrior rearguards. The team was heating up at the right time with points in four of its last five games to end the year. Borek also had his third consecutive Hockey East All-Rookie team selection to begin his time at Merrimack when Jefferies earned a slot among the best newcomers in the league.  The 2021-22 campaign was a major step forward for the program under the guidance of Borek. Merrimack recovered from a 3-6-0 start to earn six ranked victories throughout the season, including a string of four consecutive ranked wins in January, which rocketed them up the national rankings and put them at #19 in the USCHO/DCU national poll. A packed Lawler Rink also witnessed the Warriors' first home playoff win since 2017 on Mar. 9 when the team knocked off Maine by a 6-2 count in the opening round of the Hockey East tournament. The team finished just outside of an NCAA tournament at-large bid, as its season concluded Mar. 12 with a quarterfinal loss at UMass Lowell. Following the season, Carlile and Uens added to the program's ever-developing list of players with NHL contracts, as both signed entry level deals with the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers respectively. Steven Jandric and Max Newton also both signed professional contracts, as they inked deals with the Worcester Railers of the ECHL, then were called up and appeared in a pair of games for the AHL's Providence Bruins. Carlile was also honored as a second team Hockey East all-star and Newton was selected as an honorable mention player on the list. The list of postseason accolades continued when Jordan Seyfert was selected as the 2022 recipient of the Hockey Commissioners Association Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award. Merrimack also locked in Borek for the foreseeable future, as he signed a contract extension to remain head coach during the final week of the regular season and was named a finalist for the Hockey East Coach of the Year award.  The 2022-23 season was a milestone year for the Warriors, as they won 23 games, 16 of them in conference, as the Warriors finished a program high second in the Hockey East standings, winning a double overtime game in the Hockey East Quarterfinals over Boston College making it to the TD Garden for the first time since 2011 before winning a second double overtime game in the Hockey East Semfinals against UMass Lowell to reach the Hockey East championship final where they were defeated by the Boston University Terriers in overtime. Despite the loss, Merrimack qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the third time in their Division-I history, but they defeated by the Quinnipac Bobcats by a score of 5-0 in the NCAA Regional Semifinal held in Bridgeport. In 2024-25, the Warriors returned to the postseason winning 13 games, including a win over the #1 ranked Boston College Eagles at Conte Forum, as the Warriors hosted a Hockey East postseason game for the first time in the newly renovated Lawler Arena. Prior to his arrival, Borek had spent the last 16 years as a Hockey East associate head coach, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament 13 times, while capturing five Hockey East regular season championships and one tournament championship. Over that time span, he has recruited 12 All-Americans, 16 student-athletes who played in the NHL and 18 Hockey East All-Conference honorees. Serving as the associate head coach at Providence since 2015, Borek's responsibilities included oversight of recruiting, team defense and the penalty kill. This season, the Friars' defense was second in Hockey East and seventh nationally, while the penalty kill also was second in the league and sixth nationally. Providence advanced to the NCAA Tournament in all three seasons with Borek on the coaching staff.  Before Providence, Borek spent 13 seasons as the associate head coach at the University of New Hampshire. Serving as the recruiting coordinator while overseeing the team's forwards and power play units, Borek helped guide the Wildcats to nine NCAA Tournament appearances, a trip to the 2003 Frozen Four NCAA Championship game, one Hockey East Tournament title, and four Hockey East Tournament Championship game appearances. Prior to joining Dick Umile's staff at UNH, Borek was the head coach at New England College in 2001-02. He also spent five seasons as the head coach of Lake Superior State from 1996-01, following a one-year stint there as Associate Head Coach under current Notre Dame head coach Jeff Jackson. As the Lakers' head coach, he was named the CCHA Coach of the Year in 2000 and was a Spencer Penrose Award Finalist, given to the Division I National Coach of the Year. Before Lake Superior State, Borek was also the head coach at Colby College from 1993-96 and was a finalist for the Division III Coach of the Year award in 1994. Borek's coaching career began as a student assistant at Dartmouth College, after he sustained a career-ending neck injury during his sophomore campaign. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1985 with a B.A. in English and was immediately named an assistant coach for the Big Green. Borek and his wife, the former Jill McCune, have seven children, including Madeline Borek Harris (29), who along with her husband, Caleb Harris, live in Vermont. Charley (26) currently lives and works in New York City and Owen (22) is a rising senior at Providence College, where he plays lacrosse for the Friars. Borek's son, Gordie, tragically passed away in 2016 at the age of 22 as a sophomore at the University of New Hampshire. Jack Forrest (20) is a sophomore at Merrimack, while Emma Forrest (20) is a sophomore at Suffolk University and Jacob Forrest (20) is a sophomore at St. Louis University of Madrid. 

Dan Jewell begins his fourth season on the Merrimack College men's ice hockey coaching staff in 2022-23.  Jewell helped Merrimack to a two-win improvement from the previous season in his first year on the staff and helped develop the Warriors' massive 16-man freshmen class. A trio of current players (Zach Uens, Declan Carlile and Jere Huhtamaa) were ranked in the NHL Central Scouting mid-term rankings for the NHL Draft, while a pair of future Warriors were also on the list. Carlile had one of the best seasons for a freshman defenseman in Merrimack history, as he tallied 22 points on four goals and 18 assists to earn Hockey East All-Rookie team honors and was named a finalist for the league's Rookie of the Year award. Merrimack also made a splash at the 2020 NHL Draft when Uens (Florida) and Alex Jefferies (NY Islanders) both went in the fourth round, which was the first time in program history that two Warriors were taken before the fifth round in the same draft.  Merrimack continued to take strides during Jewell's second year in North Andover, as the team had three ranked victories, including one over eventual national champion, UMass. The Warriors also earned their second straight Hockey East All-Rookie team selection during Jewell's tenure when Jefferies was selected to the team after he totaled 10 points in just 12 games. He also helped develop freshman goalie, Zachary Borgiel, who started 13 of the team's 18 games and notched four of the team's five wins. It was a tremendous season of growth for the Warriors with Jewell on the staff. He coached freshman goalie, Hugo Ollas, who took over the starting job towards the end of the season and had a 2.24 goals against average and .920 save percentage, which was good for the fifth-best save percentage in the nation among rookies. Warrior netminders combined for a .903 save percentage overall, which lifted them to a 19-15-1 record, which marked the second-most victories in the school's history at the Division I level. Jewell also guided the team's penalty killing unit, which picked up plenty of steam as the year continued, as it killed off 18 straight opposing power plays in February and ended with a .802 success rate, which marked considerable growth from the campaign before. Merrimack had a pair of players sign NHL contracts after the season, as Carlile inked a deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning and Uens signed on with the Florida Panthers. Carlile was also named a second team Hockey East all-star and Max Newton was selected as an all-star honorable mention player.   Jewell carried an extensive coaching background with him to Lawler Rink, most recently serving as the Assistant Coach / Recruiting Coordinator / Goaltending Coach at RPI from 2017-19. Prior to that, Jewell enjoyed stints with the Bloomington Thunder of the USHL (2014-17), Hamilton College (2012-14) and SUNY Plattsburgh (2011-12). Jewell oversaw three NHL Draft selections while at RPI, while also working with four future prospects and aiding in the signing of three Engineering to NHL/AHL contracts. Jewel's time in Bloomington also saw him develop professional talent with nine prospects garnering NHL Draft selections from 2016-18.  Jewell graduated from SUNY Cortland in 2011 with a bachelor of science degree in Kinesiology, and earned his master of science from Cortland as well in Sports Management. Jewell was a member of the hockey program at Cortland from 2007-11 and was an Academic All-American (09-11).

Dennehy is entering his 12th season behind the bench of the Merrimack College men's ice hockey team in 2016-17. In his more-than decade on campus, Dennehy has completely rebuilt the brand of Warrior Hockey, elevating the program from an era that saw it struggle from a competitive standpoint into a Hockey East conference power year in and year out.  He holds an overall record of 144-234-53, which includes one season as the head coach of Fairfield University before his arrival in North Andover. Last winter, Dennehy's efforts helped the team start and finish the season strong en route to posting its highest finish in the league standings (seventh) in three years. Merrimack also advanced to the quarterfinal round of the Hockey East Tournament for the second year in a row and 20th time in school history. With his team comprised of 17 underclassmen -- good for the 11th-youngest class in all of college hockey -- Dennehy guided the Warriors to a stellar start in 2015-16, posting a 6-1-3 record through the first 10 games of the year to climb as high as 13th in both national polls. Merrimack claimed victories or ties against six teams that were either nationally ranked or receiving votes in either national poll during that hot start to the season. After enduring a tough stretch in the middle portion of the year, the Warriors righted the ship in February, going 3-2-2 in the final month highlighted by a sweep against the University of Vermont at home to clinch a home-ice playoff series for only the third time since the program joined the Division I ranks.  There, Merrimack would rally back from a one-game deficit to defeat the University of New Hampshire in a thrilling Hockey East Tournament Opening Round series, as Dennehy assured that the last game played at Lawler Rink in 2015-16 was a victory. Overall, Merrimack went 13-19-7 on the year with a 9-5-5 mark in North Andover. In 2014-15, Dennehy led a team that was comprised of 10 freshmen to an eight-win improvement from the previous season. Merrimack soared out of the gate, posting a 10-5-2 record in its first 17 games to account for the team's best record at the end of the first half since 2011-12. With 10 wins in 15 tries, Dennehy also led Merrimack to its second-quickest start to a 10-win season since joining Hockey East in 1989-90.  Along the way, the Warriors defeated five ranked opponents, with two of those victories coming on the road (#8 Minnesota, #12 Quinnipiac). Merrimack started the year with four straight wins and finished 16-18-4, including a 9-4-2 record at Lawler Rink to post a top-four home record winning percentage (.667) in Hockey East. Dennehy also guided the Warriors to a Hockey East Tournament Opening Round sweep of sixth-seeded Northeastern to earn the program's 19th appearance in the league tournament quarterfinals. He wrapped up his ninth season on campus with eight wins in 2013-14, one that was highlighted by wins against two wins against nationally ranked opponents, including fifth-ranked Quinnipiac, the national runner-up from a year prior, and an appearance in the Hockey East Tournament. The Warriors also appeared in Citi Frozen Fenway 2014, battling fourth-ranked Providence to a draw in front of the largest crowd ever in single-game program history. Dennehy reached the 100-win milestone during the 2012-13 campaign, one that saw the Warriors contend from start to finish and was highlighted by the team occupying first place in Hockey East the latest into a season since the Warriors joined the conference. Finishing the year 15-17-6 overall but 13-11-3 in Hockey East, the third straight year in which the team posted a winning record in conference play, Merrimack caught fire in the second half of the season, clawing over .500 with marquee victories against eventual NCAA Frozen Four participant UMass Lowell and regular season champion Boston College at Lawler Rink. The Warriors eventually settled for sixth place in a jam-packed conference leader board. That was enough to earn the program's fourth consecutive trip to the Hockey East Tournament, where Merrimack would bow out in the Quarterfinals. In 2011-12, Dennehy's squad claimed yet another piece of history after earning its first-ever No. 1 national ranking in school history thanks to a 9-0-1 start to the year. Merrimack was also ranked nationally every week for the first time ever, including an appearance in the top 10-for a span of 17 straight weeks. After falling in three games in the Hockey East Quarterfinals, Merrimack narrowly missed a second consecutive berth in the NCAA Tournament. The highlight of Dennehy's coaching career with the Warriors came in 2010-11, when Merrimack reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1987-88 while setting a Division I school record with 25 wins and reaching the Hockey East Championship for the first time ever. That season, Merrimack defeated every Hockey East team for the second straight year and was ranked nationally for the final 17 weeks of the season, reaching a season-high No. 4 national ranking in February. The Warriors appeared on television six times, including the Hockey East Championship against Boston College and nationally in the NCAA Tournament against Notre Dame. Dennehy was rewarded with contract extensions in December of 2010 and July of 2011 and will remain behind the Merrimack bench through the 2018-19 season. Dennehy volunteered to take a more active administrative role in 2012 and was named Associate Athletic Director in August of that year. In addition to his coaching responsibilities, Dennehy spearheads the department's management of the renovated and expanded Merrimack Athletics Center, including the second ice rink, new Strength and Conditioning Center and new Sports Medicine Center. Under Dennehy's guidance, the crowds have returned to a renovated Lawler Rink over his tenure, as Merrimack has established itself as one of the top home-ice team in all of Hockey East in recent years. Since 2009-10, the Warriors have posted a record of 69-33-15 within the friendly confines of Lawler Rink, fueled by a school-record 15 sellouts in 17 games in 2011-12. Merrimack has played to at least eight sellout crowds in each of the last three seasons, as well.  The 2009-10 Co-Hockey East Coach of the Year, Dennehy saw the fruits of his labors become a reality that winter as the Warriors won a then-Division I program-record 16 games and qualified for the Hockey East Tournament for the first time since Hockey East expanded to 10 schools. After finishing sixth in the regular season, Merrimack then proceeded to win a playoff game for the first time since 1998 and defeated every Hockey East team at home and overall for the first time in the program's history. Heralded as one of the top recruiters in the country, Dennehy and his staff's efforts have gained nationwide respect considering the fact that Merrimack - the second-smallest Division I men's ice hockey program in the country - is constantly battling for top recruits against the likes of Boston College, Boston University, Maine, New Hampshire, and Notre Dame.  Dennehy's recruiting prowess has led him to the previously-unheard-of talents of former players such as Stephane Da Costa, who was named the NCAA and Hockey East Rookie of the Year in 2009-10 and was named an All-American in 2010-11. As a freshman in 2010-11, unheralded recruit Mike Collins led Hockey East in goals and points among rookies, while Joe Cannata, the first-ever Merrimack player to come from the U.S. Under-18 Development Program, completed his illustrious career as the school leader in wins (59), saves (3,152), goals-against average (2.47), save percentage (.915), games (122) and minutes (7,146). In the classroom, Dennehy's student-athletes rank among the best in Hockey East. A league-high 19 members of the team earned Hockey East All-Academic Team distinction in 2015-16, marking the third straight year and the fifth time in the last eight years that the team paced Hockey East in all-academic accolades. Merrimack has also had a Top Scholar-Athlete in each of the last three years and had five student-athletes earn that distinction in 2015-16. More impressively, the program posted a perfect Academic Progress Rate (APR) score for the third straight year and earned an NCAA Public Recognition Award for ranking in the top-10 percent nationwide in APR for the third year in a row.  Dennehy was named the seventh head hockey coach in Merrimack College history on June 30, 2005. Dennehy came from the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he worked with former UMass head coach Don Cahoon from 2000-2005. While at UMass, Dennehy was a part of an award-winning coaching staff in the 2002-03 season under Cahoon's tutelage and was involved in all aspects of coaching the Minutemen, including recruiting, video analysis, fundraising, marketing, and on ice instruction. He was a part of one of the quickest rebuilding processes in the history of college hockey. The UMass team advanced to the finals of the 2003 Hockey East Tournament in just the third season under Cahoon and his staff. Prior to his position at UMass, Dennehy worked for Cahoon at Princeton from 1994-99. He helped the Tigers to three consecutive ECAC 'Final Five' tournaments in Lake Placid. In 1997-98, Dennehy contributed toward Princeton's first ever ECAC championship and only NCAA appearance in the long and distinguished history of the program. From there, he became the head coach at Fairfield University for the 1999-2000 campaign before joining 'Toot' again at UMass. Dennehy has recruited or coached seven All-American players, including three straight between 2011-2013 (Da Costa, Cannata, Collins); three Hockey Humanitarian Award Finalists; eight all-rookie team members; and 13 all-league selections. He also was responsible for recruiting Los Angeles Kings and Team USA goaltender Jonathan Quick during his time at UMass, and former Washington Capitals captain Jeff Halpern while at Princeton.  More recently, Dennehy created, founded, and directed the U.S. College Hockey Advancement Camp. The first of its kind in the east, the USCHA attracts prospects and their families from all over North America. This prospect camp is fully staffed with college hockey coaches. The schedule includes practices, seminars, and games each day. The seminars include topics such as the NCAA Clearinghouse, Strength & Conditioning, and a panel discussion between the prospects, their parents, and college coaches. A member of the American Hockey Coaches Association since 1994, Dennehy was named to the AHCA Board of Governors in 2006. He has also volunteered for both Massachusetts Hockey and USA Hockey. A native of Dorchester, Massachusetts, Dennehy helped Boston College win three Hockey East regular season titles and played on the 1989-90 Hockey East Championship team and was a part of three NCAA qualifying teams, including the 1990 team that advanced to the Frozen Four at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. He then went on to play a season in Britain's elite league for the Ayr Raiders in 1991-92. Dennehy parlayed that into a tryout with the Fort Wayne Comets in the IHL before trading in his skates for a whistle. Dennehy resides in Andover, Massachusetts, with his wife Heather and three daughters, Kelsey, Kielan, and Caroline.

Carr is entering his sixth season with Merrimack in 2016-17 and third as Associate Head Coach. Arriving prior to the 2011-12 season, Carr served as Assistant Coach for three seasons before his promotion to Associate Head Coach in August of 2014. In each of the last five seasons, Carr has overseen Merrimack's penalty kill unit, and his presence has certainly been felt. In 2015-16, the Warriors started the season 20-for-20 on the penalty kill and did not allow a power play goal to the opposition until their sixth game. Merrimack finished seventh in Hockey East and 39th nationally on the PK last winter. He perhaps did his best work with the unit in 2014-15, when Merrimack led Hockey East and ranked fifth nationally with an 88.2-percent success rate. In fact, since taking over the unit, Merrimack has ranked third or better in Hockey East in three out of those five years. Merrimack boasted an 85.1-percent success rate in 2012-13 after killing off 84.5 percent of penalties in 2011-12. Merrimack fended off 81.5 percent of opponents' power plays in 2013-14. Carr arrived in North Andover after five years with the Youngstown Phantoms of the United States Hockey League (USHL). Carr guided Youngstown to a 23-30-7 record in 2010-11 in his first season as Head Coach and General Manager. During his tenure with the Phantoms, he also served as Associate Head Coach and Director of Player Development in 2009-10. Carr was named Interim Head Coach at Youngstown on February 16, 2010, but had the interim tag removed on April 1, 2010, with just two games remaining in the Phantoms inaugural season at the Tier I USHL level. Prior to moving to Youngstown, Carr spent three seasons as the Assistant Coach and Director of Player Personnel for the NAHLs Mahoning Valley Phantoms, during which the team posted a 142-61-11 record. Mahoning won a regular season title, two North Division titles, qualified for the National Tournament in all three seasons, and finished as the National Champion runner-up twice. Under Carrs tutelage, 60 players from Youngstown and Mahoning have secured NCAA scholarships. A native of Georgetown, Ontario, Carr spent seven seasons as a player and coach for Kent State University and was a three-time ACHA All-American. Upon graduation in 2003, he was hired as an assistant coach for 2003-04 before being promoted to head coach, where he was an ACHA Coach of the Year finalist after leading the Golden Flashes to the ACHA National Tournament. In his first season at Kent State, Carr inherited a 9-30 team and produced a 21-18 record. Carr is also actively involved with USA Hockeys Select and Developmental camps and serves as a presenter for the USA Hockeys Coaching Education Program. He earned a Bachelors degree in Physical Education with a teacher certification and a Masters in Sports Administration and Recreation Management from Kent State. Carr resides in Methuen, Massachusetts, with his wife, Margaret, and their two daughters, Emma and Sarah, and their son, Lucas.

Gilligan enters his third season as Associate Head Coach in 2016-17. With Gilligan on staff, Merrimack has reached the quarterfinal round of the Hockey East Tournament in each of the last two years since joining the program. He also helped the team finish seventh in the league standings last winter -- its highest in three years -- to earn home-ice advantage in the first round of the Hockey East Tournament.  In his first year, his guidance on the bench helped produce an eight-win improvement from the previous season, as the Warriors knocked off five ranked opponents, including two on the road, while earning an upset win during the Hockey East Tournament's Opening Round.  Gilligan made his return to the Hockey East coaching ranks after a previous stint alongside head coach Mark Dennehy at UMass; in his four seasons in Amherst, he helped recruit the squad that advanced to the 2004 Hockey East Championship game.  Since leaving UMass in 2004, Gilligan has spent time as a head coach internationally in Switzerland and Austria, including one stint as the head coach of the Austrian National Team where he also headed up the entire Austrian hockey operation in addition to his coaching duties. Gilligan also has extensive experience as a talent evaluator, serving as general manager overseas and also as a scout for the Los Angeles Kings. Gilligan had an All-America playing career at Brown University, becoming the school's all-time leading scorer and assists leader, both distinctions of which he still holds today. After graduating from Brown in 1977, Gilligan played for Cincinnati of the WHA for two years before the league merged with the NHL in 1979. Following his time in the WHA, Gilligan relocated overseas to Europe and played professionally in Austria and Switzerland for five years. He also played for the U.S. National Team in both 1978 and 1983. Following his playing career, Gilligan started his coaching career as head coach of the Klagenfurt (Austria) Hockey Club and led the team to four Austrian championships. He also served as an assistant coach on the Austrian National Team. For the next four years, Gilligan moved on to Switzerland, coaching the Bern Hockey Club to three Swiss championships and one second-place finish. Between 1992 and 1994, he served as the head coach of the Swiss National Team and guided his squad to a fourth-place finish in the 1992 World Championships. Following his coaching stint with the national team, Gilligan became the general manager of the Bern Hockey Club and was responsible for running all aspects of the team's operation, including scouting, negotiating contracts and hiring coaches. He also served as the head coach of the Swiss Junior National Team and led it to a third-place finish in the 1998 World Junior Championship. A Beverly, Massachusetts, native, Gilligan resides in Beverly with his wife, Jennifer, their son, Patrick, and their daughter, Mackenzie.

LaMalfa enters his ninth season with the Merrimack College men's ice hockey teams in 2016-17, serving as Director of Ice Hockey Operations. A former student equipment manager, LaMalfa is responsible for overseeing equipment upkeep and inventory as well as team travel, purchasing, and internal operations for the team. He also assists equipment manager Kevin Rourke with departmental projects. LaMalfa is a 2012 graduate of Merrimack College with a degree in Communication Studies and completed his Masters of Higher Education at Merrimack in 2013. A Portland, Connecticut, native, LaMalfa currently resides in North Andover.