Coaching
Announcing our Rep Coaches for 2023/24
Rep Coaches are set for 2023/24 VTMHA is please to announce the Rep Hockey Coaches for the upcoming season! U11, U13, U15, And U18 are set. This will be an exciting season. U18A Division A1 – Rod Ramsay TBirds is excited to announce Rod Ramsay as the U18 A1 head coach for the 2023/24 season.…
Read MoreAnnouncing Our Rep Coach Lineup For 2022-23
We are excited to announce this years Rep coaches for the 2022-23 season to date. U18 A1 – Head Coach: Rod Ramsay TBirds is excited to announce Rod Ramsay as the U18 A1 head coach for the 2022/23 season. Rod played Junior A hockey prior to his coaching career. Rod has coached for over 20…
Read MoreTBirds Women in Coaching Group
One of our least tapped into resources are the moms and female alumni in our ranks. Last night, with facilitation from long standing TBird rep coach Amy de Bree, a group of current and hopeful future women coaches gathered on zoom to simply chat around how we can bridge the gap to create a welcoming…
Read MoreAnnouncing our Rep Coach Lineup for 2020-21
Over the past few weeks, we have been in discussion with a large number of coaches. As Covid-19 has caused delays to starts of the season for some leagues, the silver lining is Thunderbird have been fortunate to secure high level coaches to help us get the season off to a great start. Those marked…
Read MoreDecember Coach and Volunteers of The Month
On December 1, Rogers Arena was stormed by 144 of our TBirds Hockey 2 group, including a group of players who were able to be the Timbits intermission game. A great time was had and was capped off with a goodie bag for the kids who came. All of this was possible thanks to the…
Read MoreThunderbirds participate to end stigma on mental health
The Thunderbirds and many other great organizations participated over the October 26th weekend in “Buddy Check for Jesse”. Created by Dr. Stu Greshman in memory of his son Jesse to inform hockey players nationwide how important mental health is. Each team wore green tape and a sticker on the back of their helmets in support…
Read MoreStan Sibert hired as the Thunderbirds Coach Development Lead, Rep for the 2019/20 season
Vancouver Thunderbirds is excited to announce the addition of Stan Sibert to our hockey operations team. Stan will act as the Coach Development Lead for our Rep division within our Coaching Excellence Program. A former professional hockey player in Slovakia, Stan is well known for his skill development of elite players focusing on advanced European…
Read MoreCoaching Announcement for 2018/19 season
Vancouver Thunderbirds Hockey believes a coach has the ability to encourage a player to do things they would never believe possible; strengthen a team to overcome all odds; and take a group of young people through an experience that will stay with them forever. We are excited to announce the first group of coaches who…
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