University of Manitoba: Bison Women's Hockey Staff

Bison Women's Hockey Staff

Head Coach Jon Rempel is no stranger to Bison Sports having worked closely with all of the sports teams at the University over the course of the past five years and also playing for Men's Head Coach Mike Sirant from 1993-1996 where he was a three-time Academic All-Canadian.

Jon graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1995 and then left the University of Manitoba to push towards a professional hockey career highlighted by a two game tryout with the Portland Pirates of the A.H.L. in 1997 - 1998. Rempel also played two and a half years in the East Coast Hockey League with the Baton Rouge KingFish before retiring after half a year in the British National League with the Slough Jets.

Upon his return to the University in 1999, he completed his Bachelor of Recreation Studies, began working with Bison Sports and also continued on with his coaching career that includes one year as an assistant with the Eastman Selects of the Manitoba AAA Midget League, one year as an assistant with the Winnipeg South Blues of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League and one year as an assistant with the University of Manitoba Women's Hockey Team. In 2003-04 he earned his NCCP Level II certification and enrolled in the NCCP High Performance 1 Seminar (Advanced 1) for the Summer/Fall of 2005.

At the end of the 2004-05 season, Jon was named the Canada West Coach of the Year and was a Guest Coach at the Warner Showcase in Lethbridge.

In two years under Jon's tutelage, the Bisons have advanced to two consecutive Canada West Finals as well as the CIS Nationals two years ago where they won bronze, a first for the program.

With an excellent recruiting class joining the program, and a solid nucleus of returning veterans, the 2006-2007 season has the potential to be one of the program's strongest in its 10 year history.

	Robert Voth Assistant Coach Rob has been coaching hockey at the female level since 1999. In that time he has been a part of the coaching staff of teams that have won two city championship, two provincial championships and a bronze medal at the 04-05 Western Shield. He was also part of the coaching staff that represented Winnipeg at the 2002 Manitoba games where the team won a silver medal. He has also been involved with the University of Manitoba Junior Bison skills development camp as an instructor for the last two years as well as an evaluator for W.M.H.A Bantam P.O.E try outs and an evaluator for the Hockey Manitoba U18 Team Manitoba.
	Matt Cockell Assistant Coach Matt played in both the M.J.H.L. and W.H.L. and was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in 1997. He has worked previously at the Jim Park Goalie School, Vladislav Tretiak Goalie School, Goaltender Development Institute, Bison Development Camps, and “Goal Net” 1 on 1 Development.
No photo available	Ashley Jaffray Assistant Coach Jaffray comes to us from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut where she played Division 1 hockey. In those four years, she set a school record for most games played at 133 and an NCAA record for two short-handed goals in 18 seconds. She was named to the All-Academic team for four years and won awards for Outstanding Freshmen, team spirit, seventh player and multiple community service awards. Jaffray is an Olds Alberta native who previously trained at the Olympic Oval in Calgary and played Midget AAA hockey for Airdrie Lightning. She instructs for Edge Hockey Camps and is the assistant coach for Team Alberta Softball. She works as the marketing coordinator assistant at the University of Manitoba.
No photo available	Jim Norris Certified Athletic Therapist
No photo available	Julie Hayward Athletic Therapy Certification Candidate
No photo available	Faye Zachedniak Athletic Therapy Certification Candidate

Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management | Bison Sports | University of Manitoba

Jon Rempel
Bison Women's Hockey Head Coach
Phone: 204-474-7274
Fax: 204-474-7503
E-mail: rempeljp@cc.umanitoba.ca

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