TONY FRIESEN
Director of Hockey Operations and Co-Founder
Tony brings 9.5 years of military experience and 15 years in a business environment working in and helping build strong teams.
He has played and managed various men's teams in various leagues through his military career and has held numerous board positions including VP of the CFB Cold Lake hockey league for the A and B divisions and also served as a board member with Sherwood Park Ball Hockey for the Tykes, Pre-Novice, Novice, and Atom divisions. He has also held the 2nd VP position for Alberta Minor Ball Hockey.
He has also been involved as a head coach, trainer, goalie coach and team manager on numerous teams including 2004 Alberta Summer Games Inline Zone 7 Goalie Coach, Bantam AA Goalie Coach, Peewee AA Goalie Coach, and numerous head coaching positions with Provincial ball hockey teams for Sherwood Park including a U10B Gold Medal and U10A silver medal. He was also the head coach for the first U11 ball hockey team for Sherwood Park in the Western Challenge Cup in 2017. "I believe in supporting and encouraging teamwork and hard work not only in hockey but in life. It is very important to develop strong leaders and be part of a culture that works together to achieve goals set out as a team as well as an individual. Creating an environment of respect from the top of an organization and supporting those within the same environment not only in the dressing room and on the ice but in life as well is what we want to instill in our athletes. We want the families and players and all of those seeing the Spartans logo to be proud of what they accomplish as a person." - Tony Friesen, Director of Hockey Operations and Co-Founder
He has also been involved as a head coach, trainer, goalie coach and team manager on numerous teams including 2004 Alberta Summer Games Inline Zone 7 Goalie Coach, Bantam AA Goalie Coach, Peewee AA Goalie Coach, and numerous head coaching positions with Provincial ball hockey teams for Sherwood Park including a U10B Gold Medal and U10A silver medal. He was also the head coach for the first U11 ball hockey team for Sherwood Park in the Western Challenge Cup in 2017. "I believe in supporting and encouraging teamwork and hard work not only in hockey but in life. It is very important to develop strong leaders and be part of a culture that works together to achieve goals set out as a team as well as an individual. Creating an environment of respect from the top of an organization and supporting those within the same environment not only in the dressing room and on the ice but in life as well is what we want to instill in our athletes. We want the families and players and all of those seeing the Spartans logo to be proud of what they accomplish as a person." - Tony Friesen, Director of Hockey Operations and Co-Founder
PAUL POWERS
Director of Club Operations and Co-Founder
Club Operations Bio TBA