SHAWN RAY – Head Coach, Space Coast Hurricanes Jr. B



 Head Coach Shawn Ray is entering his first season as Head   Coach of the Hurricanes Junior B Team in The Continental  Hockey Association.  For the past nine years, he has  coached in the Apple Core Junior program at either the  Junior A or B level.  In 2004 – 05 Ray was the Head Coach of the Apple Core Junior B team in the Empire Junior Hockey League, where he coached the team to a regular season championship.  Before coaching the Junior B Team, Ray started as an assistant coach on the Junior A Team.  He was later names the Associate Head Coach of the Junior A Team and finally named Head Coach/GM in 2005.  He was instrumental in the team winning the Eastern Junior Championship in 2002-03, as well as sending many players onto Division I and III colleges and universities.  Ray is the owner and director of Unique Hockey School that operates hockey camps and clinics through-out the country.  Shawn and his wife Darian are relocating to Central Florida with their two kids Tyler (5) and Jordyn (3).
 
BRET THOMPSON  - Asst. Coach, Hurricanes Jr. B


 Bret will be entering his first season as asst. coach of the
 Hurricanes Jr.B Team.  Bret is no stranger to the Hurricanes program, for the past three years Bret has coached at the Midget and Junior level and played a major role in the 2007 National Jr. C Championship Team.  Bret has coached at many levels of youth, as well as the college hockey. He has coached at several colleges and universities such as, RIT, Williams and NASC.  After playing his college hockey for North Adams State, Bret went on to play professionally for the BP Flyers in Holland.  He works as a Lanz Acquisition Specialist in Nashville, but still travels back to Florida to assist on the coaching staff. 

 

PETER NYMAN – Asst. Coach/GM Hurricane Junior C Team

 

 Peter is the primary reason for the Hurricanes Jr. success.  After leading the Hurricanes to a national Championship in 2007, peter handed the team over to the new head coach Chris Crombie.  Peter is now going to focus his attention on the Hurricanes Bantam and Peewee youth teams.  Peter is a well respected European Skills coach and offers the youth players plenty of hockey knowledge.  Before entering the coaching ranks, Peter spent over twenty years playing professional hockey in Europe.  Grown up in Sweden, he played for the Swedish National Team and the British National league with Wightlink Raiders and Basingstoke Bisons.  He moved to Florida back in 2003 with his wife Katie and son TJ (7).  Katie is the Development Director in the figure skating program at the Space Coast Iceplex.