2012-13 Hockey East Men's Media Guide

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www.HockeyEastOnline.com Dan Schachte - Coordinator

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Officials

Dan Schachte, who will handle all the day-to-day operations of the league’s officiating program, just finished a 30-year career as an National Hockey League linesman. He worked 2,009 regular-season games in the NHL dating back to 1982, which ranks fifth all-time and first all-time among American-born NHL officials. He also worked 221 Stanley Cup playoff games, which ranks eighth all-time among NHL linesman. He worked five Stanley Cup Finals (‘97, ‘98, ‘00, ‘01, ‘02) and worked Game 7 of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals. He also served as a linesman in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, which included the Bronze Medal Game. Schachte also served on the NHLOA Discipline Committee from 2002 to 2010, as well as the NHLOA Executive Board (1991-1992) and the NHL Injury Analysis Panel in 2002. He has also served as an Officiating Supervisor for USA Hockey since 2011, mentoring many of the top young officials in the United States with instruction and training at camps around the country. Schachte, who was a former Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and United States Hockey League (USHL) referee from for two years (1980-1982), co-founded of the Wisconsin Elite Hockey League (WEHL) back in 2006. Schachte studied Mechanical Enginering at the University of Wisconsin. He resides in Verona, Wis. with his wife Kim and children, Danny, Ian, Lauren and Maddy.

ROSTER OF OFFICIALS Name Yrs of Sv. Full-time Job Chris Aughe (L) 11th Production Manager Shane Belanger (L) 4th Sales Manager Tim Benedetto (R) 18th Police Officer Bob Bernard (L) 13th Software Consulting Brendan Blanchard (L) 3rd Delivery Person Jeff Bunyon (R) 19th Teacher Steven Capraro (L) 2nd Finance Glen Cooke (L) 14th Courier Tom Cronin (L/R) 6th Sales Eric Doyle (R) 2nd Insurance Chris Federico (R) 12th Pharmaceutical Sales Tom Fyrer (R) 15th Salesman Tommy George (L) 1st Sports Director Dean Gilbert (L/R) 10th Mortgage Banker Bryan Goodwin (L) 3rd Teacher John Gravallese (R) 28th Project Manager Justin Greene (R) 3rd Sales C.J. Hanafin (L) 2nd Accounting Dave Hansen (R) 7th Contractor Scott Hansen (R) 14th Construction Manager Ryan Hersey (R) 1st Hockey Official Marty Hughes (L) 3rd Finance Kevin Keenan (R) 11th Firefighter Brendan Kelleher (L) 10th Sales Manager Frank Keough (L) 17th Accountant Chris Leavitt (L) 3rd EMT Jeremy Lovett (L) 9th Insurance Chris Low (L) 15th Salesman Tim Low (R) 11th Finance Chip McDonald (R) 5th Sales Chris Millea (L) 10th Lawyer Jack Millea (R) 11th Sales Manager Geoff Miller (R) 1st Hockey Official Andy O’Brien (L/R) 6th Self Employed Daniel O’Neill (L) 2nd DHS Richard Patry (L) 7th Commercial Driver Tom Quinn (R) 14th Sales Matt Riegert (L) 6th Enviromental Consultant Bob Ritchie (R) 4th Investments Jean-Yves Roy (L/R) 3rd Sales Paul Sacco (L) 5th Sales Rick Santilli (L/R) 4th Sales Paul Scleparis (L) 21st IT Professional Kevin Shea (R) 14th Higher Education Admin. Wayne Silva (L) 6th Fire Fighter Mark Sullivan (L) 5th Civil Engineer Ryan Sweeney (R) 4th Hockey Official Scott Whittemore (L/R) 12th Financial Advisor

Aughe Fyrer Keough Scleparis

AW-ghee FIE-ruhr KEE-oh skluh-PAR-iss

Pronunciations Benedetto ben-nuh-DED-oh Gravallese grav-uh-LEE-see Millea mill-LAY

Dick DeCaprio Chief Observer

Dick DeCaprio enters his first season as Chief Observer, after serving as Supervisor of Officials for six seasons. DeCaprio is a former on-ice official, who succeeded 12-year veteran supervisor Brendan Sheehy in 2006. DeCaprio, a native of Arlington, Mass., has enjoyed a wide range of hockey experiences since his graduation from Boston University in 1968. Following his playing days for Jack Kelley, DeCaprio became a referee, working high school and college games, including Hockey East games, for more than two decades. Toward the end of his officiating career, he began assigning high school games in the Greater Boston area. Professionally, DeCaprio has been a teacher and administrator in the Arlington Public Schools for nearly 40 years. After serving as an assistant coach in both football and ice hockey at Arlington, DeCaprio succeeded the legendary Eddie Burns as head hockey coach of Arlington’s storied program in 1997. In that time, he has compiled an outstanding record of 129-55-22, leading the Spy Ponders to six league titles and six appearances in the prestigious “Super Eight” schoolboy tournament. His contributions to high school hockey have earned him induction into the Massachusetts State Hockey Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame as both a referee and a coach. Beyond these experiences, DeCaprio enjoyed two different stints as an assistant coach at UMass Lowell (1969-70 and 1989-91) and also served as a scout for the St. Louis Blues from 1985 to 1988. An outstanding teacher, DeCaprio has also directed the Spy Pond Power Skating Hockey School and Clinic since 1980. He and his wife Marsha reside in Chelmsford.

OFFICIATING

OFFICIATING

John Jones - Observer

John Jones will serve as one of three observers for his fifth season and first on Schachte’s officiating staff, after a 23-year career as a Hockey East on-ice official. Jones will assist DeCaprio with the observer program, as well as in the development of new officials and the review of game tapes during the season. He serves as a quality control specialist for Alfa Aesar in Haverill, Mass. Has been a member of NIHOA since 1983. Jones has served as an official since 1978 starting at the youth hockey level. Jones and his wife Anne reside in Wilmington, Mass.

Chuck Napoli - Observer

Chuck Napoli begins his second season as an observer for Hockey East. Napoli has worked part-time for the Boston Bruins as a video goal judge since 1991 in addition to his full-time job at Raytheon as an area supervisor since 1979. Napoli, a 1988 graduate of Northeastern University, is a life long resident of Belmont and has a daughter Elena and grandson Jacob.

88 NCAA Tournament Appearances


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