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Meet Our Coaches

Vision Hockey is fortunate to have a great staff of coaches who are extremely skilled in hockey and skating techniques for all ages of skaters. They love coaching, and bring many years of experience to Vision Hockey!

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Coach Tim Meyer is Vision Hockey's "Game Changer" Skills Program Head Coach. He coached the Bismarck Blizzard 2014-2022, including five consecutive state championships. He was an assistant coach for Century High School for 11 years and played junior hockey at Jackson Hole, WY (AFHL). Coach Meyer coaches the Century Patriots Girls HS hockey team.

TIM MEYER

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Coach Ron Mansmith is our Head Coach for Spring and Preseason PW, Bantam, and HS.  He played D3 NCAA hockey as a Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE)  Raider.  He has been coaching Mites, Squirts, PeeWee's and Bantams since 2015.

RON MANSMITH

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Goalie Coach Ryan Faragher shares his professional experience to mentor goaltenders to be competitive, consistent and confident. Coach Faragher played for the Bismarck Bobcats, goaltending for their Robertson Cup in in 2011.  Coach Faragher played NCAA D1 for St. Cloud State University.  In 2014, he was signed by  the Anaheim Ducks, and he played over 170 professional games in the ACH and ECHL from 2014-2019.

RYAN FARAGHER

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Coach Dean Stork is head hockey coach at University of Jamestown.  Coach Stork has coached professionally since 2006 with nine years experience coaching in the ECHL. He was the director of hockey operations at NCAA D1 Miami Ohio University.  As a Defenseman, Stork played four years NCAA D1 hockey and 476 professional games in the ECHL and AHL. Coach Stork past awards include All Star Head Coach ECHL, Runner up Coach of the Year ECHL, and has coached 97 ECHL players promoted to the AHL, and 15 ECHL players to the NHL.

DEAN STORK

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Skate Coach Tanya Fyfe is a quadruple-Gold test (figure, freestyle, dance, artistic) figureskater originally from British Columbia native.  While a professional skater she started her coaching career, and developed a Power Skating program which incorporates eduge control with strength and speed training.  Tanay also plays hockey and coaches hockey Power Skating.  She has coached all levels, from Intro to National and Olympic competitors, including the Bismarck Bobcats.  Her program trains hockey players to use their blades and bodies to maximize strength, minimize effort, and improve control.  Drills to get the most out of each stride. Be first to the puck with explosive skating, stamina, speed, and agility.  Younger skaters learn stops they can trust, technique of proper stride, gliding, pushing into the ice, bending kneees, body control, and understanding edges.  

TANYA FYFE

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Coach Andew Seeberg is a Bismarck native who played in the NAHL for the Bismarck Bobcats and also for Dakota College, Bottineau Lumberjacks. He coaches at the Bantam level and has coached for Vision Hockey since 2019.

ANDREW SEEBERG

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Coach Andew Neumann is a Bismarck-native. Andrew has been coaching youth hockey since returning to Bismarck after law school. He is also a Team North Dakota coach and has been coaching for Vision Hockey since its inception in 2017.

ANDREW NEUMANN

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Coach Dana LaVallie provides skating instruction for Vision Hockey programs. Coach Dana as been coaching Learn to Skate figure skating, hockey, and competitive figure skating for more than 20 years in Fargo, Duluth MN, Superior WI, Hazen ND, and  Bismarck. Dana skated professionally with world-renowned skaters while on tour with "Disney on Ice." Dana and her husband are parents of 3 hockey players and a hockey/figure skater.

DANA LAVALLIE

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Coach Christina Feland has coached for the Bismarck Figure Skating Club and joined Vision Hockey in 2018.  Christina has a figure skating background and played intermural hockey at UND.  Christina coaches intro, fundamentals of skating, and Power-Skating for all levels of skaters.  

CHRISTINA FELAND

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Coach Sherry Neas has a passion for teaching kids to skate. She has coached Intro to Hockey and skating skills for Termites/Mites. She has been the Vision Hockey off-ice coordinator since its origin in 2012. Sherry has taught hundreds of area youth to skate.

SHERRY NEAS

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Coach Grant Mindt, Bismarck-native, coaches at all levels for Vision Hockey.  As a player, Mindt (forward) played for the Wisconsin Mustangs in 2008-09 (MNJHL) and the Bismarck Bobcats (2010-12).

GRANT MINDT

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Coach Tim Miller has a passion for coaching at every level, from Learn to Skate to Bantam/High School. Coach Miller has completed his Bronze level USA Hockey coaching certification.

TIM MILLER

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Coach Terry Wolf is one of the founding visionaries of our organization and coaches for Vision Hockey's 3x3 Small Area Games. He instructs skaters and goalies on the "rules" for each game, providing skill development within a fun hockey game.

TERRY WOLF

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