Delaney Drake

Drake graduated from UW-Madison with a Bachelors degree in English and minor in Gender & Women’s Studies where she won two National Championships in 2019 & 2021 with UW- Madison. Prior to her five years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Drake won a World Championship in 2017 with the United States U18 Team. Currently she is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Sports Leadership.

Scott Munroe

Scott Munroe, a native of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, is a Player Development Coach & Mentor at the TPH Center of Excellence in Phoenix. Munroe has a tremendous amount of experience as both a player and a coach. Munroe played four years in the crease for the University of Alabama in Huntsville. In 2003, he backstopped the Chargers to a College Hockey America regular-season championship. Following college, Munroe spent eight seasons in the American Hockey League with the Philadelphia Phantoms, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Adirondack Phantoms, and Springfield Falcons. Munroe also spent one season in the Kontinental Hockey League and a season in the Swedish Hockey League. As a coach, Munroe has served as a development and goaltending coach in the QMJHL with the Moncton Wildcats and an assistant coach in NCAA-III with Trinity College.

Michael Grabner

Michael, a Villach, Austria native, and former professional hockey player, is a Player Development Coach & Mentor at the TPH Center of Excellence in Phoenix. Following his youth hockey career in Austria, he competed in the WHL for the Spokane Chiefs before being drafted 14th overall in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft. Grabner is an 11-year NHL veteran as he played for the New York Islanders, Vancouver Canucks, New York Rangers, New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs and Arizona Coyotes.

He also had the honor of representing his home Country of Austria, in both Junior and Senior tournaments, including the 2014 Winter Olympics. Michael and his wife have three children, Aidan, Olivia and Benjamin. Grabner is currently the Head Coach for the 2011 AAA Jr. Coyotes; advancing players.

KC McGinley

A Scottsdale native, McGinley began her hockey career in Arizona until moving to Colorado at the age of 16 to pursue her dreams to play collegiately. She spent the beginning of her college career playing NCAA DIII for UMASS Boston until she returned to the Grand Canyon State. There she helped create the women’s program at ASU and was a captain for three years. She also assisted in the WWCHL First Team All-Tournament in 2017 and WWCHL All-League Team in 2018.

McGinley is entering her fourth year coaching youth hockey and her third year with the Kachina’s Girls’ program as the U16 AAA coach. Previously, she was the Strength and Conditioning and Defensive Coach for the GCU Women’s Hockey program during the 2019 and 2020 seasons.

Experience TPH Offers Free On-Ice Opportunity to Meet the TPH Phoenix Team

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – TPH Phoenix is excited to announce the dates for Experience TPH, a FREE event offered both at the Ice Den Chandler and the Ice Den Scottsdale. Experience TPH is an opportunity to learn from some of our TPH Phoenix coaches and better understand their teaching style, which focuses on fundamentals, blended skills, and habits/concepts/details that can be taken back and inserted into any club team system. Come have your student-athlete meet our coaching staff at the skate! We will follow up with families to provide additional detail on our “Study. Train. Play” model after the skate. At TPH, we are pride ourselves on the mentorship, growth, and development of the hockey player, athlete, student and person.

If you are interested in the TPH Center of Excellence, this is a perfect opportunity to get a more full experience to better understand if it is a fit for you or your student-athlete at no charge. Space is limited, below is the details and registration links for each location.

Experience TPH – Ice Den Scottsdale Details

  • Date: July 20, 2020
  • On-Ice Session: 7:45-8:45pm
  • Maximum Players: 20
  • Birth Years: 2002 to 2009 (NOTE: the CoE accepts 6th through 12th grade only)
  • CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Experience TPH – Ice Den Chandler Details

  • Date: July 29, 2020
  • On-Ice Session: 7:45-8:45pm
  • Maximum Players: 20
  • Birth Years: 2002 to 2009 (NOTE: the CoE accepts 6th through 12th grade only)
  • CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

NOTE: Players MUST be competitive Tier II, AA players or Tier I, AAA players to attend. NO HOUSE/RECREATIONAL REGISTRANTS!

Brian Slugocki

Brian Slugocki, a native of Scottsdale, Arizona, is a Skills Coach at the TPH Center of Excellence in Phoenix. Slugocki played junior hockey in Phoenix with the Phoenix Polar Bears before going on to play for the University of Arizona for four seasons. Slugocki amassed 157 points (89G-68A) in 126 games while playing for the Wildcats. He also took his talents overseas for a year in Sweden following his college career. Slugocki recently spent time with Darryl Belfry, who is recognized as a leader and innovator in hockey having spent time training players like Auston Matthews, Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon, and John Tavares.

Johnny Bonno

Originally from Kennesaw, Georgia, John Bonno grew up playing for the TPH Thunder AAA Hockey program. He was then recruited to play for the Portland Jr. Pirates in the first year of the USPHL/EHL split. He played two years in Portland, Maine before committing to play at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. John played all four years at UMB, and graduated with a degree in Exercise and Health Sciences. He obtained his CFSC, PN-1, FMS, CPR/AED Certifications once he graduated from school and worked alongside the Boston/Providence Bruins Head & Assistant Strength and Conditioning coach for three years. John moved to the Phoenix area during the summer of 2021 to join Ice Den Performance and support TPH Phoenix.

Casey Africano to Lead Academics at TPH-Phoenix CoE

Total Package Hockey, in partnership with Sequoia Choice, are pleased to announce that Casey Africano will serve as the Academic Site Coach for the TPH-Phoenix Center of Excellence. Casey brings a unique blend of athletic, academic and servant leadership-related experience to the TPH-Phoenix team.

“Casey Africano checks all the boxes we in TPH and our Arizona academic partner Sequoia Choice were looking for in an academic leader for our Phoenix CoE,” Director of Hockey-Operations Brett Blatchford said. “Casey is a former Division I athlete who has dedicated most of her adult life to student-athlete service and leadership. She maximized her time and experiences as a college athlete, has worked in a university setting and most importantly, understands the important role academics plays in athletic success. Her resume and accomplishments prove that.”

The resume and accomplishments Blatchford speaks on include a Bachelor of Arts Sociology and Theology from the University of Notre Dame, and a Master of Education in Policy and Leadership from Southern Methodist University. While at Notre Dame, Africano was a four-year member of the Fighting Irish Women’s Softball team and a four time Monogram Winner. While pursuing her athletic goals on the field, Casey also served as Community Service Coordinator for the team and occupied an important role as both a community service member and chairperson for the Notre Dame student-athlete advisory board. In her role, Casey successfully organized over 750 athletes in team and individual service opportunities, such as Habitat for Humanity, Fighting Irish Fight for Life, Relay for Life, various charitable causes at the South Bend Center of the Homeless and organized events for Fighting Irish athletes to dedicate time at children’s hospitals across South Bend. In addition, Casey was President of the Notre Dame Christian Athletes organization and was one of five seniors to be chosen to participate in the prestigious Rosenthal Leadership Academy, which is a student-athlete advisory council for Notre Dame athletes.

The California native’s commitment to learning and leadership continued at TCU, as Casey once again took advantage of various leadership opportunities while pursuing her Masters Degree. Since July 2018, Casey has worked full-time as a Coordinator in the Student-Athlete Development Office at TCU, a role that has provided her with experiences in a variety of areas, including organizing philanthropic projects, creating holistic experiences for student-athletes and overseeing efforts related to diversity and inclusion with TCU sports, to name a few.

“Both myself and Sequoia Choice Assistant Principal Sandy Ramirez felt that Casey’s resume and Zoom interview oozed leadership and a commitment to impacting student-athletes, first and foremost, in the classroom,” TPH Chief Academic Officer Bill Simms said. “Her many relevant experiences being around high-level athletes coupled with her desire to create a positive academic experience within the CoE will no doubt assist our inaugural class in adjusting to our unique, academy-style model. We are thrilled to have Casey on board, and we are excited to watch her and Brett make the Center of Excellence the ultimate Study, Train, Play destination in the Phoenix area.”

All of us in TPH join Brett, Bill and Sequoia Choice in welcoming Casey to the TPH family.

Interested in learning more about Sequoia Choice and the TPH-Phoenix Center of Excellence?

  • Click here to download our Center of Excellence brochure.
  • Click here to request more information on the CoE model.
  • E-mail Director of Hockey-Operations Brett Blatchford at bblatchford@totalpackagehockey.com
  • Click here to apply for the TPH-Phoenix Center of Excellence, which is the first formal step in the registration process for the 2020-2021 school year.
  • Interested in learning more about Sequoia Choice? Click here.

Shane Harvey

A Red Deer, Alberta native, Harvey joins TPH Phoenix following time serving as a head instructor for Okanagan Hockey Schools, a performance coach at the OA Sports Center in Saco, ME, the Director of Player Development for the Portland Jr. Pirates and during the 2014-2015 season, Shane served as the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Pirates American Hockey League team. Since 2017, Shane has served as the Director of Sports Performance at the Center for Athletic Training & Physical Therapy located at the Ice Den in Chandler. Shane has not just trained but also coached various Tier I and Tier II players from the Jr. Coyotes and Arizona Bobcats organizations.

On top of his Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science from University of Southern Maine, Harvey’s certifications include, NSCA, TRX Functional Training, EXOS, and USA Hockey.