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Steve Petruzzella
PeeWee AA Assistant Coach
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Steve Petruzzella
Hometown: Buffalo, NY; Birthdate: 10/17/1968;
Wife and 2 kids
Education: Graduated 1991 Northeastern University, BA in Business Administration
Steve has been playing, coaching or instructing for 35 years, and takes pride in focusing on player development. Steve started playing hockey at the age of 5 and played tier 1(AA) travel out of one of the oldest and most prestigious travel hockey organizations in Buffalo, NY, the Wheatfield Blades who have produced many Junior A, NCAA Division I, II,& III, and NHL professionals. Steve continues to play in Phoenix adult leagues and tournaments.
Steve attended St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute High School in Buffalo that is one of the top college preparatory academies for academics and athletics in the city. While attending St. Joe's, Steve participated in football, baseball, soccer, and mock trial and earned a NY State Regents Scholarship. He was recruited to play Division III baseball in Ohio, but chose to attend Northeastern University in Boston, MA, where he graduated in 1991 with a BA in Business Administration.
Recent Hockey Coaching Experience includes:
- Current Level 4 USA Hockey Coach (scheduled for Level 5 in August 2009);
- Head Coach DYHA’s Mini-Mite Program & Skills ('03);
- Assistant Coach DYHA’s Mite A Travel Team (’05-'06);
- Head Coach DYHA's Squirt A Travel Team (’06-’07);
- Assist Coach DYHA's Peewee A Travel Team (’08-'09);
Other Coaching Experience includes:
- Head Coach Tempe Little League- Farm, Minors, & Majors (’03-present);
Past and Present Sports Administration Experience:
- DYHA Board of Director’s (‘08-’10);
- Tempe Little League Board of Director’s (‘06-’08);
Past and Present Community Involvement:
- St. Vincent De Paul- President (‘03-’06);
- Community Interfaith Council- President ('05-present)
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