OFF THE
ICE
• A native of Vancouver, British Columbia
• Married to Karen Roelke
• Father of one daughter – Anna (age
seven)
ON THE
ICE
• Skated on four consecutive BC provincial
championship teams
• Rookie of the Year in the British Columbia
Junior Hockey League in 1972
• Captain and leading scorer of the 1973
Dartmouth freshman team
• Co-captain of Dartmouth varsity team in
1977
• Tallied 92 points as a three-year varsity
letterwinner at Dartmouth College
ON THE
BENCH
• Guided UNH to five consecutive NCAA tournament
appearances (2006-10), including home quarterfinal games from
2006-09
• Led the Wildcats to the Frozen Four in 2006 and
2008
• Hockey East regular-season champions in ‘04
‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09
• Hockey East Tournament champions in ‘06
‘07 ‘08 ‘09
• School-record 33 wins in 2006 and 2008
• 28 wins in 2007 ranks fourth on program’s
single-season list
• 27 wins in 2003 ranks fifth on program’s
single-season list
• UNH was ranked No. 1 in the nation for eight weeks in
the 2008 season
• In 2008, UNH ended the year #1 in the nation in
penalty kill, #2 in offense, #2 in defense and #2 in power play
• The 2008 Wildcats broke six Hockey East team records
and tied two others en route to the league’s first undefeated
season
• UNH was ranked No. 1 nine consecutive weeks in
2006
• Ranked No. 1 during the 2007 season (ended at No.
4)
• The 2006 team broke seven team and three individual
UNH records as well as four team and one individual NCAA records,
and 14 team and five individual Hockey East records
• UNH’s first perfect season at the Whittemore
Center in 2006 (17-0-0)
• 20+ wins each of his first seven seasons
• Named third head coach in UNH history on May 28,
2002
• Prior to being named women’s hockey head coach,
McCloskey served as the UNH men’s hockey associate head coach
for a total of nine seasons (1993-97 and 1999-2002); was associate
coach at his alma mater (Dartmouth) in 1998
• Began his collegiate coaching career at Princeton
University as an assistant in the 1980-81 seasons
ACCOLADES
• Two-time national Coach of the Year runner-up (2003,
2006)
• Three-time New England Hockey Writers Association Coach of
the Year (2003, 2006, 2009)
• Four-time Hockey East Coach of the Year (2003, 2005,
2006, 2009)
MILESTONES
• First career victory: Oct. 11, 2002; a 4-0 win vs.
Vermont at the Whittemore Center
• 100th career victory: Feb. 25, 2006 in UNH’s
5-0 win vs. Vermont at the Whittemore Center to clinch the Hockey
East regular-season title
• 200th career victory: Dec. 8, 2009 at Boston College
(4-0 win)
PLAYER
RECOGNITION
• UNH has had eight All-America selections during
his nine-year tenure; in 2010, Kelly Paton was a First Team
selection and Courtney Birchard was named to the Second Team; in
2006, Martine Garland and Sadie Wright-Ward were named to the First
Team while Jennifer Hitchcock was a Second Team selection
• Kelly Paton was a Top 3 Finalist for the
‘10 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award
• Martine Garland was a Top 10 Finalist for the
Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award in 2007 and 2008
• Jenn Wakefield was a Top 10 Finalist for the
Patty Kaz in 2009
• Sam Faber was also a Top 10 Finalist for the
Patty Kaz in 2008
• Nicole Hekle was a Top 10 Finalist for the
Patty Kaz in 2006
• UNH has swept Hockey East’s “Big
Three” awards (Player, Rookie and Coach of the Year) twice
– 2003 and 2006
• A Wildcat was named Hockey East Player of the
Year each of the league’s first four years of existence
• A UNH player has been named Hockey East Rookie
of the Year three times (Lindsay Hansen ‘03; Sam Faber
‘06; Jenn Wakefield ‘08)
• A Wildcat was the Hockey East Goaltending
Champion each of the first six years
• A UNH player was the Hockey East Scoring
Champion three consecutive seasons (2004, 2005, 2006) and four
times overall (2008)
• Kacey Bellamy (‘09) won a silver
medal as a member of the U.S. Olympic Team at the 2010 Olympics
• Two UNH Wildcats skated on the 2007-08 U.S.
Women’s National Team that won gold at the ‘08 IIHF
World Championship
• One Wildcat skated on the 2007-08 Great Britain
Women’s National Team that won gold at the ‘08 IIHF
World Championship
• Three UNH athletes on the 2008 roster also
skated for a national select team, and six competed on an Under-22
team
OFF THE
ICE
• Jamie Wood is a native of Miramichi, New
Brunswick
• He is married to Carie and has three children
– Matthew, Maggie and Celia
• 1994 graduate of Middlebury College with a B.A.
in both Education and Political Science
• Received a law degree from the University of
New Brunswick in 1999
ON THE ICE:
COLLEGE
• Four-year letterwinner at Middlebury
College
• Recorded 74 career points
• Led the Panthers to the 1990 ECAC
championship
• Captained the team as a senior, when he was
named MVP
• Awarded the Buff Bermas Award in recognition of
team spirit, dedication and community service
ON THE
BENCH
• Joined the UNH coaching staff as an
associate head coach in June 2010
• Served as assistant coach at the University of
Minnesota for the 2009 and 2010 seasons
• In those two years, UM had a 58-14-8 overall
record, including 41-8-7 in the WCHA
• UM finished in first place in the WCHA
standings both years
• UM advanced to the Frozen Four both years
• Head coach at Elmira College for two seasons
(‘02 and ‘03) with a 49-5-3 overall record that
included a 51-game unbeaten streak vs. Div. III teams
• Led the Soaring Eagles to the ECAC West title
and a national championship both years
• Director of Operations at Maritime Hockey
Academy, 2007-08
• Director of Operations at the Warner Hockey
School, 2003-07
• Coached at the University of New Brunswick,
1999-2000
ACCOLADES
• AHCA Division III National Coach of the Year in
2002
• AHCA Division III National Coach ofthe Year
finalist in 2003
• ECAC Coach of the Year, 2002 and 2003
PLAYER
RECOGNITION
• In two years at Elmira, three players recieved
a total of five All-America awards
OFF THE
ICE
• A native of Kimberley, British Columbia
ON THE ICE:
HOCKEY CANADA
• Member of the Canada National Women Under-22
Team that competed at the European Air Canada Cup in January
2004
• Participated at the 2003 Hockey Canada U-22
National Development Camp
ON THE ICE:
COLLEGE
• Four-year varsity letterwinner at New Hampshire
from 2001-05
• Played in 142 career games, which is four less
than the school record
• Averaged 1.00 points per game in her career
with 142 points; that total ranks 17th on the program’s
all-time leaderboard
• Scored 78 career goals to rank No. 11 on
UNH’s all-time list
• Led the Wildcats in goals three of the four
seasons she played with 17 as a rookie in 2002, 22 as a sophomore
in 2003 and 24 as a senior in 2005
• Led the team in points as a sophomore with
37
• Recorded a personal-best 42 points as a
senior
• Ranked No. 20 in the nation in goals per game
as a senior, as well as No. 16 in game-winning goals
• Served as team captain – and was the only
senior – in 2005
ON THE
BENCH
• Helped guide UNH to four NCAA Tournament
appearances from 2007-10
• Hockey East regular-season champions in
‘07 ‘08 ‘09
• Hockey East Tournament champions in ‘07
‘08 ‘09
• 33 wins in 2008 tied the program’s
single-season record
• 28 wins in 2007 ranks fourth on program’s
single-season list
• UNH was ranked No. 1 in the nation for eight
weeks in the 2008 season
• In 2008, UNH ended the year #1 in the nation in
penalty kill, #2 in offense, #2 in defense and #2 in power play
• The 2008 Wildcats broke six Hockey East team
records and tied two others en route to the league’s first
undefeated season
• Ranked No. 1 in the nation during the 2007
season (ended at No. 4)
• Began her coaching career as an assistant coach
at Colgate University in the 2005-06 season
• At Colgate, her responsibilities included
assisting in all recruiting (U.S. and Canada); on and off ice
coaching with emphasis on forwards and special teams; academic
advising; managing players’ well-being; and creating and
directing the off-ice conditioning program
• Helped lead the Raiders to wins against
nationally-ranked St. Lawrence and Clarkson as well as consecutive
ties vs. nationally- ranked Mercyhurst
ACCOLADES
• Hockey East Player of the Year (2005)
• New England All-Star Team (2005)
• Hockey East First Team All-Star (2003 and
2005)
• ECAC Eastern League All-Rookie Team (2002)
• UNH women’s hockey Karyn Bye Award
– MVP (2005)
• UNH women’s hockey Fan Favorite Award
(2005)
PLAYER
RECOGNITION
• Under Jones’ guidance, a Colgate forward
broke the program’s rookie points record and garnered ECAC
All-Rookie Team honors in 2006
Rob Day, who has been coaching
goalies for 25 years, joined the UNH women's ice hockey coaching
staff as a volunteer assistant for the 2011-12 season. He has
served as the goalie coach for the NH Junior Monarchs (EJHL) for
the past 12 seasons and has helped many of their goaltenders move
on to the collegiate level.
Day's company, Puckstoppers Goaltending, which has locations in New
Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine, has helped a number of goalies
achieve their dreams of college and professional hockey. Six
received NCAA All-America (D1 and D3) recognition over the past
seven years, many have been league all-stars and several have
represented the U.S. in international competition. His
protégés have also been successful at the prep and
high school levels.
Day has also served as a lecturer for USA Hockey and a writer for
several hockey publications.
Day is a graduate of Worcester
Polytechnic Institute.