Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Kent Holmes Named Alliance 14U Bantam '95AA Head Coach...

Alliance is pleased to announce that Kent Holmes will be the Head Coach of our 14U Bantam '95AA team for the 2008-2009 season. Kent comes to Alliance with a wealth of youth hockey coaching experience, having been with the Dallas Stars Select for the previous seven (7) seasons. Kent was also the Head Coach of the Plano Sr. High School Wildcats when they won the Texas State Championship in 1999. The next season, he was Head Coach of the Dallas Storm Midget AA team, before starting with the Stars Select.

For a period of 6 years during his youth coaching career, Kent was also the Executive Director of Hockey Operations for the Dr Pepper StarCenters, as well as serving as the Commissioner of the SBC High School Hockey League during that time. Kent also played college hockey at Bemidji State University in Minnesota where he graduated, and is a Level 4 USA Hockey Certified Coach. Alliance looks forward to having Kent join the Bulldog staff for the 2008-2009 season as one of our Bantam AA coaches.

To see more information regarding Kent's experience, click HERE...

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Alliance Announces 3 More Coaches...

The Alliance Youth Hockey Association is pleased to announce 3 more additions to our Coaching Staff for the upcoming 2008-2009 season. With a previously announced coach not being able to join Alliance, the Bulldogs have added former Alliance Coaches Cosmo Clarke, Jaz Hayden, and Jonn Broadhead to spots behind the bench.

Hayden, last year's Alliance 18U AAA Head Coach, who will also be the Head Coach of an 18U Midget Major AAA team playing under the Dallas Stars AAA organization (different team name), will team up with Clarke, Alliance Director of Coaches, to form quite an impressive duo for the Bulldog PeeWee '97AA team. Broadhead, who last coached with Alliance as the 14U Bantam AA Head Coach in 2006-2007, will take a position as the Squirt '98AA Head Coach.

Monday, March 31, 2008

Alliance Announces Coaches and Teams for 2008-2009 Season...

The Alliance Youth Hockey Association is pleased and excited to announce our teams and coaches for the upcoming 2008-2009 season. Profiles for new coaches will be added as they are available.

Teams

Tier I - AAA

For the first time since the 2003-2004 season, Alliance will not field any Tier I/AAA teams. During the 4 seasons that Alliance fielded Tier I/AAA teams, those Bulldogs teams won 3 Rocky Mountain District Championships and advanced to 3 USA Hockey National Championships, one bringing home a Bronze Medal.

Starting with the 2008-2009 season, Alliance will work closely with the Dallas Stars AAA Hockey program to move our Tier II players to that program when they are ready to compete at that level, joining many former Bulldog players that will be playing for that program. For information about the Dallas Stars AAA Hockey program, click HERE...

Tier II AA/A

The staple of our program since its inception in 2001, our AA/A teams will compete for the NTXHL Championships at their respective age levels, as well as for the Tier II State, Regional, and National Championships. Many current and former Alliance players that have moved on to the Tier I/AAA level and higher began their Bulldog careers on one of our Tier II AA/A teams.

In the 7-year history of Alliance, Tier II Bulldog teams have been to 4 USA Hockey National Championships, won 2 Bronze Medals, captured 4 Rocky Mountain District Championships, won 10 Texas State Championships, and brought home 13 League Championships. Following the move of our former Tier I program to the Dallas Stars AAA, Alliance will re-focus our complete attention to the development of Tier II players, and prepare them to compete at the Tier I/AAA level if and when they are ready and willing.

Coaches

With the renewed focus on Tier II hockey only, the Alliance Hockey Association brought back into the fold the very well respected and nationally recognized Cosmo Clarke as our new Director of Coaches. Under Cosmo's leadership, the coaching staff of Alliance has been filled with experienced and knowledgeable staff to further the development of youth players to the highest level they wish to achieve.

2008-2009 Alliance Bulldog Teams
Midget, Bantam, PeeWee Programs
18U	Midget Major AA
	Jeff Mead

16U	Midget Minor AA
	Pete Bailey

14U	Bantam '94AA	Bantam '95AA
	Phil Chaney	Kent Holmes

12U	Peewee '96AA	Peewee '97AA
	Kyle Lapane	Cosmo Clarke
		Jaz Hayden
Squirt & Mite Programs
SQ	Squirt '98AA	Squirt '99AA
	Jonn Broadhead	Greg Glashauser

Mite	Mite A
	Nick Murray

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Alliance Welcomes Back Cosmo Clarke…

The Alliance Youth Hockey Association is pleased and excited to welcome back one of our own, as former Bulldog coach Cosmo Clarke has joined the Alliance Hockey staff as the new Director of Coaches. In addition to his duties for Alliance, Cosmo will also work on staff with the newly formed Dallas Stars AAA program, and is currently involved in helping put that program together along with the Attack/Ice Jet coaching staff.

After successfully coaching Alliance teams for the 4 seasons previous to 2007-2008, Cosmo made a decision to take a break from coaching travel hockey, and Alliance has sorely missed his presence behind the bench and around the rink. We look forward to seeing Cosmo coming back into the fold and leading the Bulldog coaching staff, as well as being one of the founding members of the Dallas Stars AAA program and hockey staff.

For those of you that know Cosmo, please let him know how excited we are to have him back as a Bulldog, and if you don’t know him, take the time to introduce yourself when you get the chance. This move will definitely add more quality leadership, expertise, knowledge, and experience to our already top rated coaching staff.

To read more about Cosmo’s experience and accomplishments, click HERE…

Monday, August 6, 2007

USA Bronze Medalists

Alliance Coach and Co-Founder off to Robert Morris University…

Kostopoulos Named Assistant Coach for CHA Finalists

The Alliance Youth Hockey Association is pleased and proud to announce today that Chris Kostopoulos, Alliance Co-Founder and 18UAAA Head Coach, has accepted an offer to be an Assistant Coach for the Robert Morris University Colonials. No one has had more influence on the development and growth of the Alliance organization since its inception in 2001 than Chris.

Chris has taken his 16UAAA teams to the Tier I USA Hockey National Championships in 2 of the last 3 seasons, and brought home a Bronze Medal for last year's National Semi-Finalists. Led by the efforts of Kostopoulos as Director of Hockey Operations and as a Head Coach, the Alliance organization has become a fixture in the Dallas, Rocky Mountain District, and National hockey community.

During this period, Alliance has produced thirteen championship teams at the State level, seven championship teams at the Rocky Mountain District level, and 3 bronze medalists at the USA Hockey National Championships. Chris led his inaugural PeeWee team to the 2001-2002 Texoma League Championship, and the successes just kept coming at each age level, with Chris eventually coaching a Bulldog team at each of the PeeWee, Bantam and Midget levels.

Robert Morris competes at the NCAA Division 1 level, and plays in the very competitive College Hockey America (CHA) conference, along with other top college programs such as Air Force, Alabama-Huntsville, Bemidji State, Niagra, and Wayne State. Last year, the Colonials pulled off a major upset when they defeated then #2 Ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. The RMU season ended in the CHA Championship game when they fell to Alabama-Huntsville in overtime.

Not only was Chris instrumental in the success of the Alliance program and its teams, he was also very influential in the development of many youth hockey players in the Dallas area, including among those Austin Smith, recently drafted by the Dallas Stars.

Many great and exciting memories and traditions have been established under the direction and leadership of Chris, and he will be greatly missed by all Alliance players, coaches, parents, and board members. Chris, his wonderful wife Wendy, and their 3 boys will head off to Pittsburg in the next few weeks to begin his college coaching career. The Alliance family wishes Chris and Wendy all the best of luck and look forward to watching his success continue at the college level.

Director of Coaches

cclarke@severynsports.com

The Alliance Youth Hockey Association is pleased and excited to welcome back one of our own, as former Bulldog coach Cosmo Clarke has joined the Alliance Hockey staff as the new Director of Coaches. In addition to his duties for Alliance, Cosmo will also work on staff with the newly formed Dallas Stars AAA program, and is currently involved in helping put that program together along with the Attack/Ice Jet coaching staff.

After successfully coaching Alliance teams for the 4 seasons previous to 2007-2008, Cosmo made a decision to take a break from coaching travel hockey, and Alliance has sorely missed his presence behind the bench and around the rink. We look forward to seeing Cosmo coming back into the fold and leading the Bulldog coaching staff, as well as being one of the founding members of the Dallas Stars AAA program and hockey staff.

Cosmo has an advanced level coaching certificate and is a certified physical fitness instructor. Cosmo has a bachelors of Arts degree in recreation and leisure studies from Brock University, Ontario.

Cosmo led the Alliance Midget Major AA team to the Texoma championship for 2003-2004 and the Tier II State Championship in 2003-2004.

In 2004-2005, he led his Midget Major AA Team to the Tier II State Championship, and to the USA Hockey Rocky Mountain District Finals in Phoenix, Arizona.

Cosmo is also the Head Coach of the Plano West Varsity High School Hockey Team, and led his high school team to the 2005 Texas State Championship.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

WORK EXPERIENCE

MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT & ASSISTANT CAMP DIRECTOR for HOCKEY TUFF, Dallas, Texas

HEAD COACH 2000-2003 ST.MARK’S SCHOOL OF TEXAS, Dallas, Texas

South Western Bell Junior Varsity High School Champions 2001-2002

PHYSICAL FITNESS SPECIALIST 1990-PRESENT

PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY PLAYER

Mite Coaches

Nick is returning to the Alliance Coaching Staff, this time as a Head Coach, after having been an Assistant to Greg Glashauser for the 2007-2008 Squirt AA team. More information about Nick will provided soon....

Squirt Coaches

Jonn re-joins the Alliance Bulldogs for the 2008-2009 season, after a one year hiatus from Alliance. Jonn was the coach of the Bulldog 14U Bantam AA team during the 2006-2007 season. Prior to that he was a PeeWee coach with the Lone Star Wolves. He also spent the 2002-2003 season as the Wolves Midget A coach. Jonn believes strongly in team play and hard work.

Prior to joining the Lone Star Wolves, Jonn had a very successful 2003-2004 season coaching the Calgary Buffalo Hockey Association's Rangers to the Calgary Bantam AAA City Championship. Jonn had three of the players he coached that year picked up in the 2004 WHL draft.

His playing experience includes AAA hockey Peewee thru Midget in Calgary, as well as Junior A hockey in the AJHL. He has spent eight seasons coaching AAA Peewee through Midget levels in both Calgary and Dallas.

Greg is a native of Buffalo, New York and played youth hockey for 12 years. He has played in adult leagues in the metroplex for the past 7 years. Greg has been coaching hockey in the metroplex for over 11 years. He has coached all age groups from mini-mite through Midget and Junior Varsity High School. Listed below are his most recent coaching assignments and accomplishments:

2004 -2005: Head Coach Lone Star Wolves Squirt AA

PeeWee Coaches

Kyle is returning to the Alliance Coaching Staff after having been an Assistant to Cosmo Clarke for the 2005-2006 PeeWee AA1 team. More information about Kyle will provided soon.... .....

cclarke@severynsports.com

Cosmo has an advanced level coaching certificate and is a certified physical fitness instructor. Cosmo has a bachelors of Arts degree in recreation and leisure studies from Brock University, Ontario.

Cosmo led the Alliance Midget Major AA team to the Texoma championship for 2003-2004 and the Tier II State Championship in 2003-2004.

In 2004-2005, he led his Midget Major AA Team to the Tier II State Championship, and to the USA Hockey Rocky Mountain District Finals in Phoenix, Arizona.

Cosmo is also the Head Coach of the Plano West Varsity High School Hockey Team, and led his high school team to the 2005 Texas State Championship.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

WORK EXPERIENCE

MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT & ASSISTANT CAMP DIRECTOR for HOCKEY TUFF, Dallas, Texas

HEAD COACH 2000-2003 ST.MARK’S SCHOOL OF TEXAS, Dallas, Texas

South Western Bell Junior Varsity High School Champions 2001-2002

PHYSICAL FITNESS SPECIALIST 1990-PRESENT

PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY PLAYER

Jaz Hayden began playing hockey at the age of 4 in Welland, Ontario, Canada. He played AAA hockey from the age of 7 until the age of 15 for the Welland Tigers Organization. After minor hockey, he joined the Thorold Blackhawks Junior organization where he played 5 years and became the team’s all-time leading scorer, accumulating 380 points in 180 games.

His coaching experience consists of 3 years with the Dallas Ice Hawks Organization at the Bantam level, and 5 years of instruction at the Con Tech hockey camp in Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada. At this camp he was able to be an instructor for Dan Paille, a first round pick of the Buffalo Sabres (20th overall) in the 2002 NHL draft.

Paille was recently the captain of Canadian World Junior team that won the silver medal at the World Junior Championships in Finland, losing to the USA in the Gold Medal game.

Jaz has also had the opportunity to give instruction and lessons to Nathan Horton, who currently plays for the Florida Panthers of the NHL. As an 18 year old, Horton recently broke the NHL record as the youngest player ever to score on a penalty shot in an NHL game. Jaz is currently the Head Coach of the Plano West Blue JV team.

philipdchaney@aol.com

Phil has been with the Alliance Coaching Staff since the 2006-2007 Season, when he led his 18U Midget Major AA team to the NTXHL Championship. Last season, he led the Alliance 18U Prep team to the Texas State Championship and to the Semi-Finals of the 2008 Tier II Rocky Mountain District Championships. Alliance looks forward to having Phil back again for the 2008-2009 season

· Perform administrative duties (e.g. process league fees, jersey orders, trophies, etc.)

· Schedule games and practices for youth an adult leagues at Frisco and PSA StarCenters

· Hire and select instructors, coaches and score keepers for Frisco and PSA StarCenters

Alliance Hockey Staff

The Alliance Youth Hockey Association is pleased and excited to announce our teams and coaches for the upcoming 2008-2009 season. Profiles for new coaches will be added as they are available.

To read more about Cosmo’s experience and accomplishments, click HERE…

Director of Coaches

cclarke@severynsports.com

Cosmo has an advanced level coaching certificate and is a certified physical fitness instructor. Cosmo has a bachelors of Arts degree in recreation and leisure studies from Brock University, Ontario.

Cosmo led the Alliance Midget Major AA team to the Texoma championship for 2003-2004 and the Tier II State Championship in 2003-2004.

In 2004-2005, he led his Midget Major AA Team to the Tier II State Championship, and to the USA Hockey Rocky Mountain District Finals in Phoenix, Arizona.

Cosmo is also the Head Coach of the Plano West Varsity High School Hockey Team, and led his high school team to the 2005 Texas State Championship.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

Former Professional Hockey Player

Experience coaching and providing instruction to elite level athletes

Recognized by peers, coaches, and employers as a team leader

Strives to create a safe and sportsmanlike environment

Positive role model

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Excellent organizational, planning and administrative skills

WORK EXPERIENCE

MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT & ASSISTANT CAMP DIRECTOR for HOCKEY TUFF, Dallas, Texas

HEAD COACH 2000-2003 ST.MARK’S SCHOOL OF TEXAS, Dallas, Texas

South Western Bell Junior Varsity High School Champions 2001-2002

PHYSICAL FITNESS SPECIALIST 1990-PRESENT

Developing and implementing personalized fitness programs

Programs entail medical screening, exercise and nutrition assessment, goal setting, education, and motivation

Sport-specific training programs

PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY PLAYER

MACON WHOOPEE, Macon, Georgia 1999 – 2000

MEMPHIS RIVERKINGS, Memphis, Tennessee 1999 – 2000

FORT WORTH FIRE HOCKEY, Fort Worth, Texas 1997 – 1999

DAYTON ICE BANDITS, Dayton, Ohio 1996 – 1997

HUNTSVILLE CHANNEL CATS, Huntsville, Alabama 1995 – 1996

Power Forward – Penalty and Power Play Specialist

Team leader in goals scored and always in top five in total points accumulated

Represented teams as either Captain or Co-Captain

Actively involved in the community representing teams at public functions, making speeches and guest appearances, assisting charities and organizations, and spreading goodwill: blood donor clinics, churches, community centers, schools, and hospitals

Mite Coaches

Nick is returning to the Alliance Coaching Staff, this time as a Head Coach, after having been an Assistant to Greg Glashauser for the 2007-2008 Squirt AA team. More information about Nick will provided soon....

Squirt Coaches

PeeWee Coaches

Kyle is returning to the Alliance Coaching Staff after having been an Assistant to Cosmo Clarke for the 2005-2006 PeeWee AA1 team. More information about Kyle will provided soon.... .....

cclarke@severynsports.com

Cosmo has an advanced level coaching certificate and is a certified physical fitness instructor. Cosmo has a bachelors of Arts degree in recreation and leisure studies from Brock University, Ontario.

Cosmo led the Alliance Midget Major AA team to the Texoma championship for 2003-2004 and the Tier II State Championship in 2003-2004.

In 2004-2005, he led his Midget Major AA Team to the Tier II State Championship, and to the USA Hockey Rocky Mountain District Finals in Phoenix, Arizona.

Cosmo is also the Head Coach of the Plano West Varsity High School Hockey Team, and led his high school team to the 2005 Texas State Championship.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

Former Professional Hockey Player

Experience coaching and providing instruction to elite level athletes

Recognized by peers, coaches, and employers as a team leader

Strives to create a safe and sportsmanlike environment

Positive role model

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Excellent organizational, planning and administrative skills

WORK EXPERIENCE

MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT & ASSISTANT CAMP DIRECTOR for HOCKEY TUFF, Dallas, Texas

HEAD COACH 2000-2003 ST.MARK’S SCHOOL OF TEXAS, Dallas, Texas

South Western Bell Junior Varsity High School Champions 2001-2002

PHYSICAL FITNESS SPECIALIST 1990-PRESENT

Developing and implementing personalized fitness programs

Programs entail medical screening, exercise and nutrition assessment, goal setting, education, and motivation

Sport-specific training programs

PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY PLAYER

MACON WHOOPEE, Macon, Georgia 1999 – 2000

MEMPHIS RIVERKINGS, Memphis, Tennessee 1999 – 2000

FORT WORTH FIRE HOCKEY, Fort Worth, Texas 1997 – 1999

DAYTON ICE BANDITS, Dayton, Ohio 1996 – 1997

HUNTSVILLE CHANNEL CATS, Huntsville, Alabama 1995 – 1996

Power Forward – Penalty and Power Play Specialist

Team leader in goals scored and always in top five in total points accumulated

Represented teams as either Captain or Co-Captain

Actively involved in the community representing teams at public functions, making speeches and guest appearances, assisting charities and organizations, and spreading goodwill: blood donor clinics, churches, community centers, schools, and hospitals

Paille was recently the captain of Canadian World Junior team that won the silver medal at the World Junior Championships in Finland, losing to the USA in the Gold Medal game.

philipdchaney@aol.com

Professional Hockey Instructor: June 2001 to present