Jaguar Hockey Club

For all hockey related questions, please feel free to contact Jaguar Hockey Director, Coach Greg Stornello.

• Griffin Schiele has been involved in organized hockey both as a player and coach since the age of three.
• Griffin spent the majority of his playing career as a goaltender.
• He played at the House, A, AA levels and started his AAA career as a Squirt. Griffin was selected to numerous A.H.A.I. and USA Hockey Central District Player Development Camps.
• He was coached and mentored by such notables as Jack O’Callahan (1980 USA Olympic Team Player, Boston University Player and former NHL Player with the Chicago Blackhawks and New Jersey Devils). Murray Bannerman (Former Chicago Blackhawk Goaltender and two-time NHL All Star Game Participant). Mitch Korn (Goaltending Coach for the Nashville Predators who is in his 13^th season in that role).
• Griffin has been a head coach for the last three years with the Huskies Hockey Club at the Bantam and Pee Wee Levels. His Bantam Team won the A.H.A.I. Bantam “A” Level State Championship. In addition to coaching at the Huskies, Griffin has coached at the High School level for the last three years. Griffin also has run numerous goaltending and off-ice clinics over the years.
• Griffin’s coaching methods include: Player Skill Development (both on and off the ice), Team Play Development (systems and philosophy) and Physical Development with a regimen of off-ice training and plyometric training.

Bantam #1 Head Coach: Jeff Vertucci

• Playing hockey for 24 years.
• Played both AA and AAA hockey.
• Began coaching last year.
• Successfully coached Jaguar Bantam 1 to the Spring 2011 SWSL Championship

• Played youth hockey for the Jaguar Hockey Club from 1996 - 2003 including Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, and Midgets.
• Played hockey at Robert Morris University as a D2 Defenseman.
• Coaching with the Jaguars for the past three seasons.
• Head coach of the Peewee #2 team during the 2009 - 2010 season.
• Head coach of the Peewee 1 team 2010-2011 with a NIHL record of (9-7-2) having also competed in 3 tournament championship games

• Played youth hockey for the Jaguar Hockey Club.
• Took 1st as a Bantams, 2nd as a Midget, and 3rd as a Bantam in NIHL.
• Played hockey at Robert Morris University and took 1st in GLIHA.
• Coaching with the Jaguars as a head coach for the past three seasons.
  

Peewee #1 Head Coach: Chris Luedtke

 Peewee #2 Head Coach: Joe Battaglia

• First Team: Jaguar Squirt House
• Played for Jaguars for 14 seasons.
• Member of NIHL Champion Bantam Silver 2000-01
• Member of 3rd Place in State Chicago Flames (Midget Major) 2004-05 
• Played one season Juinor Hockey: Grand Rapids Owls & Chicago Force (CSHL Jr. B) 2005-06
• Three Seasons College Hockey: U. of Central Oklahoma (ACHA D. 1) 2006-07
• DePaul University (ACHA D. 2) 2007-09

• Began coaching with the Skokie Flyers in the mid-1980's.
• Coaching with the Jaguar Hockey Club for the past 5 years including Squirt, Peewee, and Bantam levels.
• Worked with hearing impaired hockey players while working with Stan Mikita's AHIHA.
• Worked as the Chicago Blackhawks assistant equipment manager during the late 1980's.

• Began playing hockey at age 9 in Oak Park.
• Played one year of Jr. Varsity and three years for Varsity Hockey for Oak Park River Forest High School.
• Coaching with the Jaguar Hockey Club for 9 years including Learn to Skate, Pre-Hockey, and all levels through Bantam.
• Took the 2009-2010 Bantam #1 team to the NIHL Bantam Gold Championships.
  

Squirt #2 Head Coach: Ryan Goss

• Played youth hockey for Chicago Hawks, Orland Park Ice Arena, Vikings, and Carl Sandburg High School.
• Involved in Learn to Skate and Intro to Hockey at Arctic Ice Arena.
• Joins the Jaguar for the first year as Head Coach.
• Bally Total Fitness Personal Trainer.
• ISSA Sports Nutrition Certified

Squirt #2 Assistant Coach: Joe Luciano

• Played Youth Hockey in the Chicagoland area
• Assisted in learn to skates and Pre Hockey last 3 years
• Assisted in Goalie Camps and Goalie Private Lessons last 3 years
• Assistant Coach Plainfield Junior Varsity 08-09 sesson
• Assistant Coach Jaguar Mite 1 10-11 Fall season
• Assistant Coach Jaguar Squirt 2 Spring Season

• Began playing youth hockey with the Joliet Park District (pre-Jaguar program) in 1974.
• Played Tier II travel hockey with the Homewood Flossmor Cardinals, Chicago Hawks, and Naperville Sabres.
• Played High School hockey with Joliet Catholic High School.
• Entering second season as Head Coach with the Jaguar Mites.

Mite #2 Head Coach: Bob Ambroffi

• Player- Played youth ice and deck hockey in my home town of Pittsburgh Pa. from the age of 13.
• Coaching- Assistant Coach for the A-2 Major Huskies mite team.
• Assistant Coach for the 2010-2011 Mite 1and 2 Jaguars NIHL teams.
• Assistant coach for the Mite 2 spring Jaguars.
• Learn to skate and pre hockey with the Jaguars.
• I also have been assisting Coach Stormy with goalie clinics and off-ice for the last 2 years.
• Goal- To provide young athletes a unique experience that will cover working hard, learning, winning, losing, becoming a team and most of all having fun. • Entering the 2011-2012 season as a 1st time Head Coach.

Mite #3 Head Coach: Joe Vish

•  Currently employed as a Firefighter/Paramedic for Joliet for past 11 years.
•  Started coaching learn-to-skate, then onto pre-hockey in 2008 with Jaguars.
•  Assistant coach in SSHL with Sterioti in 2009. ADM head coach and Spring  Travel Coach 2010-11 seasons.
•  Played for the Andrew Lightning Bolts hockey club in High School- Class of 1995.
•  Still playing men's league for 10 of the past 12 years.

• Coached and taught pre-hockey for 16 years including all levels of Mites, Squirts, house and travel.
• Learn to Skate Director for the Chicago Hawks.
• Level IV Coach.
• Currently plays for the Inferno Womens Hockey Club.