Travel Hockey Staff

Steve is a Level 4 USA Hockey certified coach. He grew up playing travel hockey in the Toledo area, winning Tier II Pee Wee national and midget International Silver Stick titles. Following two years of high school hockey at Sylvania Northview, Steve walked-on and played two seasons at Ohio State (CCHA). 

He has coached with CAHA in each of the past seven seasons (mite house, squirt house/select head coach, pee wee and bantam Capitals AA asst. coach). He also spent three seasons as head coach of the Gahanna HS club team in its early years, his first stint with team coaching. 

Steve is a strong advocate of the player development path provided by the CAHA organization and looks forward to working with a new group in the upcoming season.

Jim and his family have been with CAHA for 7+ years. He was fortunate to have lived hockey professionally as an equipment manager for 21 years. He worked for 8 years in professional hockey and for 13 years was with Ohio State Women’s Ice Hockey. He has been with Ohio State Athletics for 16 years in total. While at Ohio State, he worked with USA Hockey, including 2 World Championships in 2008 in Harbin China and 2009 in Finland as well as the Vancouver Olympics in 2010.

He has head coached house hockey and was an assistant coach for the Bantam select team in 2018-19, Head Coach of the 2009-10 A in 2019-2020 and Head Coach of the 2010 AA in 2020-2021. He has coached travel baseball for 12 years and middle school level in 2018-19. 

His coaching goals are to ensure the kids have fun and fall in love with or stay in love with the game of hockey. Skill development and team concept is crucial at the Pee Wee age group and will be a focus throughout the season. He also believes in kids playing multiple sports and he uses other sports to help explain different concepts within the game of hockey.

Jeff Sharp will serve as the Head Coach for the 2010 A team. This will be Jeff's second year with the 2010 A team having served last year as an assistant coach. 

Jeff has coached hockey in Central Ohio at various levels for the past 7 years. He has been a program administrator and board member in the Central Ohio hockey community. 

He looks forward to a season of fun and developing the players in both their hockey skills and in their love of the game.  

BIO COMING SOON

Adam is a level 4 USA hockey coach. He has been coaching now for 8 years with the last 3 years coaching the CCYHA Blue Jackets 08A team.

Adam was born and raised in Philadelphia where he played 4 years of varsity high school hockey.

He moved to Columbus OH in 2006 and resides in Dublin with his wife Dawn and three boys (Evan, Jaden and Caelen).

His philosophy when it comes to coaching is on player development and teaching the kids how to play hockey the right way. Adam has a passion for the sport and loves teaching kids. As a head coach, he believes we are doing more than just teaching hockey, we are also teaching the boys how to grow up, be leaders, and to be the best person they can be.

Chris has been coaching youth hockey at various levels in Central Ohio over the last 5 years, and has taught hockey classes on-and-off since 2001.

Originally from Battle Creek, MI, Chris most recently served as an assistant coach for the 2010/11 Capitals Select team.

Chris played hockey growing up in Michigan, and has undergraduate and graduate training in sport science and coaching.

His coaching philosophy centers on the development of each player in skill and game sense, in love for the game, and in respect for teammates and opponents. Communication is key for Chris's coaching style - between players and coaches, parents and coaches, and between the players themselves.

He is excited to serve as head coach for the 2021-22 season, and looks forward to a season of fun and growth.

BIO COMING SOON

Brad just finished his first season coaching at CAHA. Originally from the Pittsburgh area,

Brad has played hockey at various levels, from bantam to ACHA hockey at the University of Pittsburgh.

In coaching the Squirt age group, he believes in individual skill development and the use of small-area games to improve play.

He is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and has used those skills to lose all arguments with officials. He was, however, able to negotiate an acceptable playlist with his team to be played prior to games. Brad does his best to make sure that any child he coaches has fun, feels valued, and wants to keep playing this wonderful game.

He couldn't be more excited to continue coaching in 2022-2023.  

Zach started playing hockey at the age of five and played travel hockey with both CAHA and CCYHA growing up. He played varsity for four years in Dublin, OH.

He began coaching hockey while in college. He started out as an assistant coach for Team Columbus u18s and worked his way to becoming the head coach of Team Columbus u18s, which he has been for the past 8 years. He has coached a variety of different levels and age groups over the last 10 years at CAHA, Dublin Scioto, Team Columbus, etc. and focuses his coaching on development and fun (you can do both!).

Zach is a school counselor for Hilliard City Schools and has a bachelors degree in psychology from OSU and a masters degree in education from Capital University.  

Zach started playing hockey at the age of five and played travel hockey with both CAHA and CCYHA growing up. He played varsity for four years in Dublin, OH.

He began coaching hockey while in college. He started out as an assistant coach for Team Columbus u18s and worked his way to becoming the head coach of Team Columbus u18s, which he has been for the past 8 years. He has coached a variety of different levels and age groups over the last 10 years at CAHA, Dublin Scioto, Team Columbus, etc. and focuses his coaching on development and fun (you can do both!).

Zach is a school counselor for Hilliard City Schools and has a bachelors degree in psychology from OSU and a masters degree in education from Capital University.  

Ryan Skaleski is a Level 4 USA Hockey coach. He grew up playing travel hockey in Detroit, as well as junior hockey in the NAHL and USHL. Ryan attended and played hockey for Ohio State where he was a member of the 1998 Frozen Four team. 

Ryan has 20+ years of experience coaching youth hockey in Columbus at various levels. He was assistant coach for the U18 AAA Blue Jackets for 15 years, and most recently coached both high school Varsity hockey at Olentangy Orange as well as his son’s Mite team. 

Ryan lives in Worthington with his wife and two kids. He is excited to be joining the CAHA organization and to be able to continue to bring his love and passion for the game of hockey to youth players in Central Ohio. 

BIO COMING SOON