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We maintain a running history of the Buffalo Prospects program to give those who are new to the program some background information, and to help those of us who have been around a while remember how and why this all started. Click on a year below to learn more about why the program started and how it has grown. |
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| 1999-2005 |
| 2005-present |
| Prospects Coaches Wall of Fame Many thanks to all the coaches who have served the kids in previous seasons |
| Rick Brooks is the former coach of the University at Buffalo Mens Hockey Team. He has extensive experience at the college and youth levels. |
| Brian Cox will be coaching the 96s. He is a former Division 1 player at Army (USMA). He has coached youth hockey with the South Buffalo organization for the last several years. . |
| Fernand Leveille is a resident of St. Catherines. His coaching credentials are NCCP II (Soccer), Hockey Coaching Certificate Intermediate Level II, Trainers Certificate Level I. He has six years coaching experience with winter teams. Select-AAA. 3 of these with St Catherine's AAA, and Coach of the Hamilton Tigers AAA summer Team 3 Yrs. |
| Don Harris will be helping coach the 91 team. He has 20+ years of AAA coaching experience. |
| Rick D'Agostino will be helping to coach the 93 Blue team. Rick has taken older players up through the system while helping out with a number of teams over the last 20 years. |
| Leif Pederson will be helping coach the 95s. Leif is currently a coach with the Rochester Americans 95 team and has an extensive hockey background. He has been with the program for 2 years. |
| Tony Caruso is currently the coach of the 1990 West Seneca Bantam Major team. Tony is a constant student and teacher of the game. He is an emotional leader who can get the most out of his players. |
| Jack Brownschidle is helping to coach several Amherst AAA teams. Jack was the 95th overall choice out of Notre Dame by St.Jack Brownschidle is helping to coach several Amherst AAA teams. Jack was the 95th overall choice out of Notre Dame by St. Louis in the 1975 draft. This past year he was named to the all-time WCHA all star team. He played 520 games in the NHL from 1977 to 1986 scoring over 200 points. |
| You are listening to Peter Stasny's Hall of Fame Acceptance Speech |
| "One needs the good fortune to be surrounded and influenced by an abundance of the right people." |