National Women's Program - Scout Bios

National Women's Program - Scout Bios


Terry Arksey
Regional Scout – Manitoba (2019)

Hometown: Brandon, MB

Occupation: Retired (Instructor, School of Business - Assiniboine College)

Hockey Background:  35+ years involvement with hockey…. Served on numerous minor hockey board positions… Hockey Manitoba Board of Directors - Regional Director 9 years….Evaluator Hockey Manitoba POE Programs 2002-2006… Certified High Performance I Coach… Initiated the formation of ACC Women’s Hockey Program 2007….Head Coach ACC Cougars 2007- 18.… Won Western Shield 2015, Finalist 2014, 16.… Hockey Manitoba Course Conductor…. Assistant Coach 2005 U18 POE – Team Manitoba… Head Coach –Team Manitoba Senior Womens Nationals 2005…. Athletic Therapist – Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) 1982… Athletic Therapist / Manager- Brandon Bobcats 1978 -82 – GPAC Champions 1981 …. Player Evaluation currently - Hockey Brandon 2018.

Family: Married to wife Catherine…. Has three children - Andrew, Caitlin & Braden

 


Brian Hart
Lead Scout – Ontario (since 2001)

Hometown: Smiths Falls, Ont.

Occupation: Retired (spent 36 years with Canadian Pacific Railway)

Hockey Background: Head scout with the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association since 1999 … A 2001 inductee into the Smiths Falls Recreation Hall of Fame, along with his father Elwood “Louie” Hart (1987) … Coached with the EOJBHL Athens Aeros … Coached with the EOSHL’s Lanark Flyers … Coached in the Perth Minor Hockey Association and Perth Girls Hockey Association … Coached in the Smiths Falls Cubs Girls Hockey Association … Invited to training camp with the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs … Played with the OMJHL’s Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in 1972-73 and 1974-75 … Played with the QMJHL’s Shawinigan Dynamos in 1973-74 … Played with the CJHL’s Smiths Falls Bears (Junior A) … Played with the OHA’s Whitby Warriors (Senior A) … Played with the USHL’s Green Bay Bobcats (Junior A)

Family: Married to wife Monica … Has three children, Bronwyn, Farren and Tiffany … Has three grandchildren, Docker, Delaney and Hartley

 


Greg Hermiston
Regional Scout – British Columbia (since 2012)

Hometown: Kamloops, B.C.

Occupation: Retired (was third-class power engineer at Domtar Kamloops)

Hockey Background: Kamloops Sports Legacy Fund Board of Directors & Governance Committee since 2015 … High-performance coach mentor with B.C. Hockey in 2012 … Director of operations for British Columbia at the 2011 National Women’s Under-18 Championship … Head coach of British Columbia at the 2011 Canada Winter Games … Head coach of the Thompson Blazers (BCMML) from 2008-10 … Head coach of British Columbia at the 2008 National Women’s Under-18 Championship … Assistant coach for British Columbia at the 2007 Canada Winter Games … Assistant coach for British Columbia at the 2005 Esso Women’s Nationals … Female committee member – Long-Term Athlete Development Model from 2006-11 … B.C. Hockey high-performance district coordinator from 2003-09 … NCCP course conductor from 2001-07 … Certified as an NCCP HP1, Level III Theory coach.

Family: Married to wife Marilee … Has three children, Jordan, Daren and Corey

 


Chris Higgins
Regional Scout – Southwestern Ontario (since 2015)

Hometown: London, Ont.

Occupation: Retired (Professor Emeritus, Ivey School of Business at Western University)

Hockey Background: Has spent more than 30 years involved in hockey … Named OUA Coach of the Year and co-CIS Coach of the Year in 2014-15 … Won the CIS national championship as head coach of the Western University women’s hockey team in 2015 … Head coach at Western since 2010 … Assistant coach with the men’s hockey team at Western from 2006-08 (full time) and 2008-10 (part time) … Head coach of the London Devilettes from 2003-06 (Junior) and 2008-10 (Intermediate AA) … Co-founder of the Provincial Women’s Hockey League … Certified as an NCCP Level II Advanced coach

Family: Married to wife Barb … Has three children

 

 


Scott Lambton
Regional Scout – Quebec (since 2016)

Hometown: Montreal, Que.

Occupation: Elementary physical education teacher

Hockey Background: Head coach of the Dawson College women’s hockey team from 2006-16 … An assistant coach with Dawson College from 2003-06 … Won the JWHL Challenge Cup with Dawson College in 2016 … Won the CEGEP championship with Dawson College in 2007 … Posted undefeated CEGEP regular seasons with Dawson College in 2006-07 and 2008-09 … Certified as an NCCP HP1, Level III Theory coach

Family: Proud uncle of two nieces and a nephew

 

 


Cherie Piper
Senior Manager, Scouting and Player Development

Hometown: Scarborough, Ontario

Education: Graduated from Dartmouth College in 2007 – Sociology (major), English (minor). Graduated from Nipissing University in 2012 – Education

Hockey Background: Played for Canada’s National Women’s Team from 2001-12 … Played in three Olympic Winter Games (2002, gold; 2006, gold; 2010, gold) and four IIHF World Women’s Championships (2004, gold; 2005, silver; 2008, silver; 2011, silver) … Played for Canada’s National Under-22 Team from 1999-02 … Technical manager at the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association from 2014-21 … Assistant coach with China at the 2020 U18 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship – Division I, Group B (bronze) … Assistant coach with the CWHL’s Markham Thunder in 2018-19 … Part of the Women’s Master Coach Developer Program since 2020 … Inducted into the Scarborough Walk of Fame in 2015

Family: Married to husband Joe … Proud aunt of a niece and two nephews

 


Fiona Bell
Regional Scout – Atlantic (since 2021)

Hometown: Edam, Saskatchewan

Occupation: Letter Carrier with Canada Post

Hockey Background: Played for Canada’s National Women’s Team from 1996-99 … Played in one Olympic Winter Games (1998, silver) and two IIHF World Women’s Championships (1997, gold; 1999, gold) … Has coached at numerous levels in minor hockey … Power skating instructor and skills coach in minor hockey in Nova Scotia … Worked with the IIHF Athlete Ambassador Program in 2011, assigned to Germany in 2011 … Part of the coach mentorship program with Hockey Nova Scotia and Hockey Canada … Certified HP1 coach … Inducted into the North Battleford Sports Hall of Fame in 2008 … Inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 2012 … Inducted into the Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017

Family: Married to husband Rob … Has two sons, Kian and Jaxon

 


Kendall Newell
Regional Scout – Alberta (since 2021)

Hometown: Red Deer, Alberta

Occupation: Manager of female hockey, Hockey Alberta

Hockey Background: Works with female high-performance programs and elite leagues with Hockey Alberta … Part of the Women’s Master Coach Developer Program since 2020 … Assistant coach with Olds College from 2016-19 … Assistant coach with the University of Maine from 2014-16 … Certified High Performance I coach … Head coach at the Banff Hockey Academy from 2010-14 … Played at St. Cloud State University from 2004-08

Family: Married to husband Jean-Luc

 

 

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