The Oakville Rangers Hockey Club (ORHC) is
pleased and excited to announce these U14-U18 AAA coaching selections for the
2024-2025 season.
The Oakville Rangers Hockey Club (ORHC) is
pleased and excited to announce these U14-U18 AAA coaching selections for the
2024-2025 season.
These selections will support continued growth in the ORHC's collective
bench strength that was established several years ago when the organization
made a commitment to find, select, and develop the highest quality and
potential coaches possible for our players. Since then, this focus on coach
selection has been a key element of our improving development system which has
led to a consistent improvement of our players and teams overall.
We believe that this announcement reflects
another extremely strong coaching group who are the foundation, along with the
support of our deep organizational resources, to continuing to build a
"Best in Class AAA Hockey Program".
Congratulations to the successful applicants
and thanks to all those who applied. It all starts with coaching.
Patrick O’Sullivan – Under-14
(U14)
Email:
[email protected] Phone: (365) 777-3387
Patrick
O’Sullivan has an extensive hockey background reaching the highest
level of the game. As a
child he played his minor hockey in the GTHL and in the
Detroit area after moving to Michigan at age 9.
At age 15 he played at the USNTDP with USA Hockey
where he was selected 1st overall in the 2001
OHL draft by the Mississauga Ice Dogs.
Patrick was the OHL and CHL rookie of the year in 2002
and an All Star in all 4 seasons of junior hockey.
He still holds the all-time goals, assists and points
records for the Mississauga/Niagara Ice Dogs OHL
franchise. During that same time, he played in 3 World
Junior Hockey Championships with the USA
winning a gold medal in 2004.
In 2003 Patrick was selected in the 2nd round of the
NHL draft by the Minnesota Wild. In his first year of
pro hockey in the AHL he won the rookie of the year
award setting franchise records for goals and points
while also playing in the All-Star game. He then
played in the NHL for 8 years with the LA Kings,Edmonton Oilers and
Arizona Coyotes. Patrick played in the Men’s World Championships for the USA 3
times while playing in the NHL and representing his
country at every level was a career highlight.
As a coach Patrick is looking forward to sharing his
knowledge of the game and teaching kids about what
you can learn from the greatest sport in the
world.
Congratulations
to Patrick on his selection as Head Coach of the Oakville Rangers
Under-14 (U14) AAA team for the 2024-25 season.
Steve Pinizzotto – Head Coach: Under
- 15 (U15)
Email: [email protected] Phone: 647-807-0126
Steve grew up playing hockey his whole
life. He got his start in the MTHL (now the GTHL), before moving on
to the Oakville Rangers Organization. He then played Junior for the Oakville
Blades. He spent 4 seasons with the Blades, serving as Co-Captain in
his final season. Steve then took the NCAA route and joined the RIT
Tigers (Rochester Institute of Technology), becoming the 1st player in school
history to sign an NHL contract. During his 13 year professional career,
Steve has garnered 5 Championships-- 2x AHL Calder Cup Champion with the
Hershey Bears, and 3x DEL Champion with Redbull Munich. In addition to his
championship titles, Steve played at the top level in the National Hockey
League for the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers. While playing with the
Oilers, Steve is one of very few players to have ever achieved a Gordie Howe
Hattrick (goal, assist, fight in one game). He continued in his
hockey profession over the last few years, as co-owner and trainer of the P3
Hockey Academy.
Steve is entering his 6th season coaching, 3rd with the Rangers. A
strong leader with great passion for the game. He loves
communicating with his players and offering a more experienced approach.
Congratulations to Steve on his selection as Head Coach for the Oakville
Rangers Under-15 (U15) AAA team for the 2024-25 season.
Rob Hisey – Under-16 (U16)
Email: [email protected] Phone: (289)
681-0809
Rob is entering his sixth season coaching
with the Rangers. He played his minor hockey in Oakville and the GTHL. He went
on to have a very successful OHL career where he was top 10 in OHL scoring
twice and amassed over 300 points over his 4 seasons. Following the OHL, he
played fourteen professional seasons.
Playing in some of the top leagues in Europe and with the New York
Islanders and Edmonton Oilers organizations.
Rob has enjoyed his time
coaching over the past five seasons and the team has been very successful. They
have developed into a top five provincially ranked team. He is looking forward
to guiding them through their U16 season.
Along with coaching Rob
works in skill development and has worked with several past and present Ranger
players. He has a passion for teaching
the game and sharing his knowledge.
His staff and him are very
excited to have the team back and looking forward to a successful U16 season.
Congratulations
to Rob on his selection as Head Coach of the Oakville Rangers Under-16 (U16)
AAA team for the 2024-25 season.
Rob Ricci – Under-18 (U18)
Email :
[email protected]
Phone: (647) 458-2484
Rob returns for his
5th season as U18 Head Coach. The team currently sits in 1st place
and is making a run towards a third consecutive OMHA Tournament
appearance. Prior to Oakville, Rob served 4 seasons as an assistant coach
for the Georgetown Raiders in the OJHL and was part of the 2016-17 OJHL
Championship winning team.
The Brampton, Ontario
native grew up playing in the OMHA and GTHL before beginning his junior hockey
career with the Milton Merchants OJHL and then moving on to the Cedar Rapids
Roughriders USHL where Rob captained the 2004-05 team to a USHL Championship.
From there, Rob moved on to play NCAA Division 1 hockey at Merrimack College in
the Hockey East conference earning All-Rookie team honours and was named a
3-time team MVP.
Rob’s post collegiate
career lasted 7 seasons playing in the ECHL, AHL, Denmark, Sweden and UK.
Rob was fortunate to play on the 2008-09 ECHL Champion South Carolina Stingrays
under the helm of current NHL head coach Jared Bednar. Besides Bednar, other
prominent coaches that Rob has been coached by or worked with include the likes
of Glen Gulutzan, Cail Maclean, Spencer Carbery, Mark Dennehy, Greg Walters and
Mark Carlson.
The knowledge and
insight that Rob has accumulated over the years has allowed him to run a
successful player development business for the last 9 years throughout
Oakville, Georgetown and surrounding GTA areas. Experience and passion to
help young players achieve their goals are at the forefront of Rob’s
coaching. At the U18 level the goal is to push each player to
continuously develop their mental and physical skill sets to achieve their
maximum potential in the period of time together. Rob is excited about
the opportunity to continue building the Oakville Rangers U18AAA program.
Congratulations to Rob
on his selection as Head Coach of the Oakville Rangers Under-18 (U18) AAA team
for the 2024-25 season.