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September 2025

September 12, 2025

Recap of 2025 NDCP Hockey Townhall and Player Code of Conduct Meeting
This year’s meeting was held Wednesday, September 3rd with all NDCP Hockey families and players in attendance.  After a prayer led by senior Patrick Lemke, the night kicked off hearing from Shay Boyle, NDCP President.  Shay’s message was clear - the School is behind NDCP Hockey, is excited for the season and knows that that program will represent NDCP in all we do. 
 
NDCP Athletic Support Staff Speakers: 
  • Kevin Kacer, Athletic Trainer , trainer@nddons.org 
    • Kevin’s experience in hockey spans over 28 years at the Chicago Wolves.  Players can and should stop to see Mr. Kacer for any injuries, aches and pains, even as a preventative measure.  He is at the school during community period every day.  We’ve had situations where Mr Kacer has altered the course of an injury healing with his care.  Mr. Kacer reminded all players to look for the email to complete their concussion baseline testing.  
  • Matt Spiewak, Strength and Conditioning Coach, mspiewak@nddons.org 
    • Coach Spiewak, ‘18, returns to his alma mater as the strength and conditioning coordinator, while also serving as a teacher in the physical education department. Coach arranges Strength and Conditioning sessions each week for our Ice Dons.  S&C is mandatory, unless a player is participating in a Fall Sport. Talk to Coach Spiewak and Coach Davlantes if you have any questions about participation.  Look for weekly schedules on the NDCP Strength & Conditioning page on Instagram and on the NDCP Hockey calendar.
 
NDCP Hockey Update
 
Staff:
We are excited to welcome new Hockey Director, Ryan Davlantes to the helm for the 2025-2026 season, as well as our other new and returning coaches.  You can connect with coaches on Group Me thru team or direct messages.  
 
Coaching Staff: 
  • Hockey Director, Ryan Davlantes,  ndcphockey.hd@gmail.com 
  • Goalie Coach / Assistant Coach, Mike Fox
  • Co-Head Coach Varsity, Justin Blum - Returning Staff
  • Assistant Coach, Christian Catalano - Returning Staff 
  • Assistant Coach, Mike Seery - Returning Staff
 
Communication 
NDCP Hockey communicates with players and families via various channels and strives to align messages across all of them.  Here are the resources for the club.
 
ndcphockey.org 
Our main website where you’ll find news, updates and the program calendar.  The site is powered by Sportsengine and matches any information you may have via the Sportsengine app.
 
Group Me
We use Group Me for team and program instant communication.  Day of game, quick practice updates, FYIs and Team Manager info will be posted here.  Here are the main chats.  If you or your son is missing in these, please email ndcphockey@gmail.com
 
  • JV players and coaches
  • Varsity players and coaches
  • JV Players, Parents & Coaches
  • Varsity Players, Parents & Coaches 
  • All NDCP 2025-26 Hockey Program
  • Goalie Players, Parents & Coaches 
 
Sports Engine
Our games, practices and lifts are scheduled via Sports Engine, which is available as an app and also mirrors our website  Your son should be marking availability for Practices, Games and Events on Sports Engine.  Let us know at ndcphockey@gmail.com if any parent / player / guardian is missing or experiencing difficulties.
 
Emails
We send emails as needed on larger program info / needs.  These mostly pertain to Club news, board updates, season registration and events.  You’ll see those ndcphockey@gmail.com
 
Social Media
Follow us on social media for more engagement with the club.  Game recaps, highlights, fun announcements and school pride will be showcased here.
 
Have a cool video to share for YouTube? Send clips to NDCPHockeyYT@gmail.com  
 
Board, Volunteers & Other Support for NDCP Hockey 
The NDCP Hockey Board is managed by volunteers.  The job of the board is to manage operations of the Club to ensure its alignment with the school and governing bodies of hockey.  Board and other volunteer contacts are listed below - please reach out at anytime with feedback.
 
General Board and Program, ndcphockey@gmail.com
Hockey Director, ndcphockey.hd@gmail.com
Athletic Director - NDCP Joe Salituro, jsalituro@nddons.org 
President - NDCP Shay Boyle, sboyle@nddons.org 
Board President - Juli O’Flaherty, joflaherty13@gmail.com or ndcphockey@gmail.com 
Board Vice President - Jim O’Malley, ndcphockey@gmail.com 
Board Treasurer - Brian Murnane, ndcphockey@gmail.com 
Board Secretary - Dan Schrementi, ndcphockey@gmail.com 
Board Operations Director - Adam Pulse, ndcphockey@gmail.com 
Equipment Director - Aryn Fletcher, ndcphockey@gmail.com 
Fundraising & Events Directors - Carol Novak & Nicole Mayer , ndcphockey@gmail.com 
Team Managers - Varsity - Annie & Andrew Heneghan, Group Me 
Team Managers - JV - Aryn Fletcher & Megan Schrementi, Group Me
 
Opportunities to Support
There are many opportunities to help and serve! Thank you to all who help! 
  • Check out the Opportunities page
  • Events and Fundraising 
  • Scoreboard, Ipad and Music
  • Security Presence for games 
  • Beer Tent this week at Fall Fest - Friday night 
  • October 11 Party 
  • And More! 
 
Hockey Resources 
USA Hockey www.usahockey.com 
AHAI Illinois Governing Body www.ahai.org 
IHSHL North Central League - Varsity Champions Division ihshlnorthcentral.com 
CCHL Chicago Catholic Hockey League - JV & Varsity cchl.us 
 
Q&A
Questions were gathered in advance and though mostly covered in the townhall, we wanted to provide more detailed answers to everything that was missed.  The board and hockey staff have an transparent communication policy, please feel free to reach out at anytime for clarity and suggestions that advance the club.  The Q&A results are available here.