Tournaments
- Montreal Meltdown – May 26-28
Head Coach -Bob Crawford
Robert Remi Crawford is a Canadian-born American retired hockey player and coach. He played seven seasons in the National Hockey League between 1979 and 1987 with the St. Louis Blues, Hartford Whalers, New York Rangers, Washington Capitals. His best
statistical season saw him score 36 goals for the Hartford Whalers in 1983-1984. After retiring, Crawford turned to coaching at the youth level where he won multiple youth boys and girls championships. Crawford founded the Connecticut Jr. Clippers/Wolfpack program which has seen over 200 of the program’s players graduate onto NCAA Division I and NCAA Division III college hockey over the last 25 years. In 2001 the Clippers won the US National Championship. He was also selected as an assistant coach to the USA Hockey Viking Cup International Tournament whose team included seven future NHL players including Kyle Okposo and Trevor Lewis. Crawford was elected to the Board of Directors for USA Hockey, serving for nine years as New England Director while serving on many councils including Jr, International and Adult councils.
Two of his brothers, Marc and Lou, also played in the NHL. Marc, a long time NHL coach is among the All time coaching wins leader and was the head coach for the 1996 Colorado Avalanche first Stanley Cup win. Lou and his youngest brother Eric are currently NHL scouts having moved into scouting after successful professional coaching careers.