Coaches Bios

Carl is a level 5 USA hockey certified coach and has over 20 years of experience including 10 years at WWYHA as head coach of Squirt AA, Pee-Wee AA and Bantam AA teams and 5 years as head coach of the Fairfield COOP High School team. While coaching Fairfield COOP High School team, he was named 2017 FCIAC coach of excellence, 2021 FCIAC coach of the year and 2021 all-state coach of the year.  

Armand began his hockey coaching career in middle school, as a young volunteer for the CT Storm team, teaching special needs children and adults how to skate and play the game. He continued coaching later for the University of Indiana Club Hockey team while completing his undergraduate studies. He began his own skating career at the Mite level in Bridgeport, and was part of the debut Squirt A Wizards team in 2003. He continued playing youth hockey until he went to Avon Old Farms School in Avon, CT, where he joined the Varsity Team and served as its captain his senior year there.  After high school, Armand's playing career took him to Junior hockey in Canada in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) for the Cowichan Capitals. He returned to play additional Junior hockey in Boston and Springfield, MA for the South Shore Kings and Springfield Pics before entering the University of New England in Biddeford, ME as a student and member of their hockey team. Armand continues to love the game, and credits the top coaches, players and trainers he was fortunate enough to study under for developing his passion, skill set, and work ethic. His goal today is to share those with current youth hockey players and help them develop their game.

Paul Dimitruk is a former defenseman from Andover, Massachusetts. He played prep school hockey at Brooks School and Phillips Exeter before moving onto the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He played two seasons for the Moncton Wildcats and the Halifax Mooseheads. After the Quebec League Paul became a full time student at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he majored in Accounting. After his playing days Paul has been involved with a number of minor hockey programs in Massachusetts including the Boston Shamrocks and the Islanders Hockey Club, along with working with the Massachusetts Development Program & USA Hockey. Paul has a passion for skill development and enjoys working with young players that want to fine tune their game. He focuses on improving players skating, body control, and hockey IQ. He strives to create an enjoyable learning environment for players as they work to become better players, have fun and develop on and off the ice. 

Pete is a native of Montreal, Quebec, and played at Concordia University. He has over 10 years of coaching experience in youth hockey, with several years in the WWYHA. Prior to coaching for WWYHA, he coached at the Atom and Pee Wee level in Montreal as part of the Lac-St. Louis Hockey Association before moving to Connecticut. Pete is a highly accomplished coach, winning State Championships at the Squirt, Pee Wee and Bantam levels. He enjoys the development of the athletes at a young age and strives to ensure they want to continue to play at the next level. 

Trevor is a native of Hanover, New Hampshire and played for Middlebury College. He grew up around youth hockey, with his dad being a coach and he has coached several U16 teams to USA National Hockey Championships. Trevor graduated from the Yale School of Business in 2019 and joined the WWYHA in the 2022-2023 season as a coach.