Michigan Technological University Men's Ice Hockey

Shawhan, a 20-year coaching veteran, begins his third season as Michigan Tech hockey assistant coach in 2016-17. Shawhan's career in coaching includes 10 seasons as an assistant in college hockey and 10 years as a head coach in junior hockey. He spent 1995-2005 as the head coach and general manager of the Soo Indians, compiling a 474-162-43 record to become the winningest coach in the history of the NAHL. The Indians won three division titles and had multiple national tournament appearances. More than 100 of his former players went on to play college hockey. Joining the Lake Superior State staff in 2005, Shawhan worked three years as assistant coach with the Lakers before moving to Northern Michigan. He spent the 2008-09 season as a volunteer assistant and the 2009-10 campaign as the director of hockey operations before being named assistant coach in 2010. Shawhan earned four letters as a goaltender for Lake Superior State from 1983-87, where he amassed 1,130 saves. He led the CCHA in both goals against average and saves and left the program tied for first all-time in career GAA at 3.83. An active member of USA Hockey, Shawhan has served as an educator, evaluator and coach. He led the 2004 U.S. Junior National Team to a silver medal at the 2004 Viking Cup in Alberta. The Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, native holds a bachelor's degree from Northern Michigan in technical and applied sciences. He and his wife, Laura, have three children, Mia, Jordan and Rachel.

Shuchuk begins his second season as an assistant coach with the Michigan Tech hockey program in 2016-17. Shuchuk came to Houghton after a five-year stint (2010-15) as an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin, where he helped guide the Badgers to league playoff titles in 2013 (WCHA) and 2014 (Big Ten) and a pair of NCAA tournament appearances (2013, 2014). Prior to joining Wisconsin, Shuchuk worked in a variety of coaching roles. He was behind the bench for Team Wisconsin's U16 squad from 2008-10, leading the team to consecutive USA Hockey Tier I National Championship appearances. Additionally, Shuchuk has served as a coach at USA Hockey's Select 17 Player Development Camp. A native of Edmonton, Alberta, Shuchuk was a four-year letter-winner (1986-90) with the Badgers, helping Wisconsin to the 1990 NCAA National Championship while earning First-Team All-America and WCHA Player of the Year honors that winter. He went on to enjoy a 14-year professional career that was highlighted by stops with the NHL's Detroit Red Wings and Los Angeles Kings. While with the Kings, Shuchuk skated in the 1993 Stanley Cup Final alongside Wayne Gretzky. He also helped the Adirondack Red Wings of the American Hockey League to a Calder Cup championship (1992), earned a DEL title while playing in Germany (2003), and was named team MVP of the AHL's Springfield Falcons in 2004 while also serving as an assistant coach. Shuchuk and his wife, Michelle, have three children who all play collegiate hockey Alex (University of Wisconsin men's team), Maki (Norwich University women's team) and Kat (Middlebury College women's team).

Pearson, a two-time WCHA Coach of the Year, enters his sixth season behind the bench at Michigan Tech in 2016-17. He has reestablished the Huskies as a national contender during his first five seasons in Houghton. Pearsons teams are 52-19-7 over the last two seasons and he enters the 2016-17 season five wins short of 100 for his career. The 2015-16 Huskies brought home the MacNaughton Cup as WCHA Regular Season Champions for the first time since 1975-76, compiling an 18-7-3 league record and 23-9-5 overall mark. The nine losses were the fewest by a Tech team since that 75-76 campaign. Pearson was named WCHA Coach of the Year for the second time. The team finished the season undefeated in 18 of its final 21 games and climbing to as high as No. 12 in the national polls. The Huskies won the inaugural Desert Hockey Classic in early January, played in the Great Lakes Invitational championship game, and hosted a WCHA home playoff series for the second year in a row. Pearson led the Huskies to a myriad of accomplishments in 2014-15, including the programs first NCAA tournament berth since 1981. Michigan Tech also racked up its most wins (29) and best WCHA finish (second) in 34 years, its first 20-win season since 1987-88, and the schools first winning campaign since 2006-07. Tech started 2014-15 with a program-best 10-0-0 record, including back-to-back sweeps against in-state rivals Ferris State and Michigan. The Huskies success elevated the squad to the schools first-ever No. 1 national ranking on Nov. 17 while helping Tech average its highest attendance numbers at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena since 1980-81. During the 2013-14 season, Pearson guided the Huskies to their best WCHA mark (12-11-5) since 1992-93, putting Tech within one point of hosting a WCHA first-round series. Additionally, the Huskies swept longtime rival Michigan State and appeared in the GLI championship game, which was held outdoors at Comerica Park in Detroit. Pearsons second winter in Houghton was highlighted by several marquee wins and a long-awaited tournament title. The Huskies won the 2012 Great Lakes Invitational championship after back-to-back 4-0 shutout wins over Michigan and Western Michigan, giving Tech its first GLI crown in 32 years. Michigan Tech also racked up victories against four ranked opponents in 2012-13, including No. 1-ranked Minnesota, No. 4 North Dakota, No. 7 St. Cloud State and No. 14 Nebraska Omaha. In his first season as head coach of the Huskies, Pearson guided a team picked to finish last in the 12-team WCHA to a Final Five appearance and a 16-19-4 record just one season after Tech finished with a 4-30-4 overall mark. Tech also collected 11 conference victories in 2011-12 after notching just eight in the previous three seasons combined. Pearson was named WCHA Coach of the Year for his efforts, becoming the first Tech coach to claim that honor outright since Herb Boxer received the award in 1987-88. Prior to joining Michigan Tech, Pearson spent 23 years (1988-2011) behind the bench at the University of Michigan, where he helped the Wolverines to a pair of NCAA championships (1996, 1998), 11 Frozen Four berths and a record 21 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances from 1991-2011. A past winner of the Terry Flanagan Award, which honors the career achievements of an assistant coach, Pearson was credited with recruiting the bulk of Michigans players during his time in Ann Arbor, including dozens of All- Americans, several Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalists and numerous future National Hockey League regulars. Pearsons coaching career began in 1982 when he served as an assistant coach with the Huskies under head coaches Herb Boxer and Jim Nahrgang. During his six-year stint in Copper Country, he was responsible for bringing in many high-profile prospects such as Randy McKay, Scott White, Damian Rhodes and Shawn Harrison. Internationally, Pearson worked as an assistant coach with the 1996 U.S. National Junior Team at the IIHF World Junior Championship, helping guide Team USA to a silver medal-winning performance - the best showing by the United States in the World Junior Championship at the time. Pearson has also worked numerous USA Hockey Select Festivals and has served at Michigan Select Festivals as a coach and evaluator. A four-year letter-winner with Michigan Tech from 1977-81, Pearson accumulated 56 points (21-35) in 97 career outings and helped the Huskies win the WCHA playoff tournament and the Great Lakes Invitational as a senior in 1980-81. A native of Flin Flon, Manitoba, Pearson moved to the United States as a youth and played hockey at Edina (Minn.) High School before making his way to Houghton. Pearson and his wife, Susie, have three children: Kim, Sarah and Paul.

Maxx Fredrickson is in his fourth season as the full-time Director of Hockey Operations in 2025-26. He was hired into the position in July 2022 after working the position as a student over the previous three seasons. Fredrickson joined the hockey staff prior to the 2019 season and was a part of the 2019 Great Lakes Invitational Championship team and the 2022 NCAA Tournament team Fredrickson manages all aspects of the collection, creation, and analysis of game and practice video and distributes it to the coaching staff and student-athletes. He also helps create scouting reports, analyze statistical data, and schedule practice. Fredrickson assists with transportation, lodging, itineraries, and meals for team travel. He also plays a key role in the annual Michigan Tech Hockey Camp and teaches Physical Education classes in the The Department of Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology. Fredrickson played three years of hockey for Calumet High School and served as an assistant captain as a senior in 2015. He received the annual George Gipp Award as the outstanding senior athlete at CHS. Fredrickson also played football and ran track and cross country for the Copper Kings. Fredrickson has played the last nine seasons for the Calumet Wolverines in the Great Lakes Hockey League. Fredrickson and the Wolverines won the historic Gibson Cup in 2018 and 2019. The Calumet, Michigan native has a Bachelor's in Business Management and a Master’s in Business Administration both from Michigan Tech. He lives in Laurium with his wife Amanda.