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IHC staff includes experienced Professional, Junior, College, and Travel Hockey players and coaches who are knowledgeable and experienced in the IHC system.
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IHC
Instructor Shom Datta
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Shom
Datta has been
with IHC Hockey
for 13 years
now. First
as a player, and
then as an
instructor.
A Native of
Brantford,
Ontario, Shom is
presently Head
Coach and Director
of Hockey for the
NJCAA North
Country Community
College Hockey
Team in Saranac
Lake, New
York.
Coach Datta was
the 2004-05 Coach
of the Year and
Second Team Coach
of the Year in
05-06. Prior
to coaching at
North Country, he
served as an
assistant coach
and head JV coach
at
New England
College
(NCAA DIII) in
Henniker
,
NH
. Coach
Datta has also
played
professionally in
Europe and played
his college hockey
at
Hamline
University
(NCAA DIII) in
St. Paul
,
MN
, earning a B.A.
in Business
Management.
Shom has also
worked at various
hockey schools for
the past twelve
years in the
US
,
Canada
,
Czech
Republic
, and
Austria
, and was the
director of the
IHC Hockey Schools
in
Europe.
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IHC
Instructor Keith McAdams
Keith
McAdams has coached on the
Professional, College, and
Junior Level in the USA
and Europe. He coached IHC
Director Bob Gergerich in
minor league pro, and
their relationship began
in the late '80's.
He is presently Coach, Gm,
and Director of Hockey
Operations for the Jr. A
Hudson Valley
Eagles. Keith brings
with him 27 years of
coaching and management
experience to the Eagles
organization. Over 100
players Keith has coached
has gone on to play pro
and college hockey. Keith
has coached for the Long
Island Royals for the past
7 years. He served as
hockey director and
organized the
clinic/hockey school
programs for Superior Ice
Rink.
He
has won championships in
the AAHL, Italy, and
Junior "A". His
high school teams have won
4 Divisional
Championships, 3 League
Championships and the
Nassau-Suffolk
Championship. His Royals
teams have won the Long
Island Championships 3
times, Silver Sticks
Regional Championship 2
times. His teams have won
12 tournaments.
What
Keith is most proud of is
all the players who have
gone on to coach hockey
and give back to the
communities they live in.
The Long
Island Royals,
which is one of the most
successful programs on the
East Coast had seven
coaches that once had
played for him. Others
coaches have gone on to
coach in Europe, Juniors
and High School Hockey. He
was one of the founders of
the AFHL and which
eventually merged with the
NAHL.
Keith has an extensive
background in sports
marketing and management
with hockey, basketball
and car racing. Past
Administrative experience
includes; President of the
Suffolk
County High School Ice
Hockey League,
Director of Bryan Trottier
Hockey School and Programs
and Director of USHI
Hockey Programs.
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IHC
instructor Jason
Greenway.  Jason has been with the
IHC for nineteen
years now, as
a student, counselor, and
an instructor Jason
is in his first season as
the NCAA Buffalo State
Assistant Coach.
Jason has played three
years of pro hockey in the
ECHL for Wheeling, the CHl,
UHL, and the SPHL.
Jason played division 1
college hockey at Niagara
Falls and Findlay. |
IHC
Instructor Chris Darcy
Chris has been with IHC
Hockey for fourteen years
as a student, counselor,
and instructor.
Chris played junior hockey
in Cleveland, Ohio and
ACHA hockey at Penn
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