Mike Mondin

Mike was born in Trail in 1956 and played hockey in the Trail Minor Hockey Association until his teenage years.  He became a journeyman carpenter following graduation for secondary school and took a position with School District No. 11 as an Industrial Arts teacher in 1981.

He began coaching a variety of secondary school sports upon his arrival at the Crowe.  He had already experienced his taste for coaching at all levels of minor hockey in the Rossland-Trail Minor Hockey Association and the Beaver Valley Minor Hockey Association from 1976 to 1978.  He continued coaching minor hockey from 1985 to 1996.

He then obtained his National Coach Certificate and quickly became a course presenter.  In 1999, he was recognized for his dedication to hockey by the BC Amateur Hockey Association as Coach of the Year.

He was soon appointed Coach of the BC representative in the Canada Winter Games as well as numerous other international hockey tournaments on behalf of Team Canada.  From 2000 to 2006, he was Assistant Coach of the Trail Junior Smoke Eaters.

In 2008, he was appointed as Assistant Coach of Canada's National Sledge Hockey Team.  The team won a Gold Medal at the 2008 World Sledge Hockey Challenege and a silver in the 2009 event.  The team won a bronze medal at the 2009 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championships.  In 2010, Mike helped coach Canada's sledge hockey team at the Olympic Games in Vancouver.  Mike has recently been promoted to Head Coach of the team.