Anthony Mefford Anthony grew up and played his youth hockey here in the Bay Area before expanding his career to Juniors. He competed in numerous local and state tournaments as well many of the USA select programs. Anthony has played Junior B for the Capital Thunder out of Roseville and played Junior A hockey out of Connecticut. He will be entering college in the fall and has made plans to continue his hockey at the NCAA DIII level in Minnesota. Anthony spent five seasons under Emery Lykins and has developed into one of the most effective goalie coaches in Northern California.

The Coaches

Kevin McLaughlin Kevin is a product of the Bay Area, playing through his midget career here. He played for former NHL player and long time Bay Area hockey leader Andre Lacroix as well as for our company co-founder Emery Lykins. Kevin played at the tier level before leaving to play Junior A hockey in Montana. From there he began his collegiate career at the University of Wisconsin-Stout and concluded it at Augsburg College in Minnesota. Kevin then began a stint of professional hockey playing in the UHL as well as the CHL for a few years. Kevin now resides back in the Bay Area and has been active in youth hockey since his return. He has a great knowledge of the game and its aspects to go along with an excellent energy on the ice.

Michael McLafferty From the Midwest, Mike has played at the tier, prep school (Shattuck St. Mary's), and collegiate level. After graduating in 1999 Mike and his wife moved to the Bay Area where they've lived ever since. In addition to his playing accomplishments Mike has coached for the Kirkwood Stars in MO. and has been on Staff with the Grant Seabrook's Hockey School in St. Louis.

Rob Van Dyk Rob grew up in Toronto Canada where he spent most of his youth hockey career playing at the AAA level. After playing for teams such as the North York Canadiens, Toronto Young Nationals, and the Mississauga Senators, Rob began to develop a philosophy in hockey that centered around fun and fundamentals. Attributing much of his skill and knowledge of the game to his coaches and instructors along the way, he understands just how influential those relationships are to a player. Rob developed a lot of his coaching style from the current owner of the very successful Pass Hockey School in Toronto, CA, Kam Brothers. Rob then moved to the Bay Area where he attended college and played baseball for his school. His past few years Rob has been instrumental in building the Oakland Bears Midget program and has had a few of his players move on to junior hockey in the area. Rob and his family have recently bought a house here in the Bay Area where he plans to continue teaching kids new skills and fundamentals to help them become better hockey players.

Rory Laczkowski Originally from the Midwest, Rory played tier hockey, prep school, Junior A hockey (NAHL) and collegiate hockey where he was the all-time leading scorer for his University. After receiving a business degree from the Kelley School of Business, Rory has been in the Wealth Management business for the past ten years. In addition to coaching youth hockey in the Bay Area, Rory enjoys spending time with his wife and three children.

Emery Lykins Emery has made the Bay Area his home since arriving here in 2001, has been involved with ice hockey for almost 30 years now, and has knowledge of the game second to none. He has been considered one of the top coaches here in the Bay Area since he arrived by taking his first team to the State Championship. As a coach and administrator, Emery has helped numerous players go to and play at the Junior A and B levels here in the US and Canada, as well as NCAA DI and DIII, with some of them receiving full scholarships. As a player he has played at almost every level available, starting at the in-house level and working his way up to the tier level, to Junior A, and culminating with a professional career. He's been drafted into and played within the Ottawa Senators system as well as spending time in the New York Rangers system. After injuries and the vigorous competition became too much to overcome and coming short of landing in the NHL, Emery decided to start getting involved giving back to where it all began for him.