2020-21 Boys Varsity Coaches
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Carl Valimont

Head Coach - Varsity

Coach Valimont started playing hockey at the age of four and went on to attend high school at Avon Old Farms School in Avon, Connecticut. From 1984-1988 he played for the University of Massachusetts - Lowell where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a minor in Marketing. In the 1985 NHL Entry Draft he was selected by the Vancouver Canucks with the 193th overall pick and played six seasons with the Milwaukee Admirals of the IHL. He joined the Houston Aeros in 1994 and played three seasons before concluding his career playing two years in the Deutch Eis Hockey League in Germany. Carl also played and coached with the Chicago Cheetahs of the Roller Hockey International Pro League for two seasons.

In 1999 he took over as the Head Coach at Arrowhead High School where he compiled an impressive 0.716 winning percentage (178-68-9) over 11 seasons with the Warhawks, highlighted by a 2005 state runner-up finish, and the 2009 state championship.

During that time he also won seven conference championships (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009) with a combined 84-10-1 record (0.889). The Warhawks won 49-consecutive conference games from 2001-2006 and during an eight season stretch they finished with a 0.970 conference winning percentage (64-2-0). Carl also lead Arrowhead to five conference sportsmanship awards in hockey. (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010)

In 2004-05 Arrowhead became the first Milwaukee area high school team to advance to the state championship game, losing 2-1 to Superior in overtime. They returned to the state tournament in 2009 and went on to win each of their games by 4 goals to walk away with the state title.

Carl retired after the 2010 season and from 2013-2015 he coached the Milwaukee Jr. Admirals U-15, U-16 and U-18 teams, before deciding to return to coach the Arrowhead varsity team in the fall of 2015.

It wasn't long before Arrowhead earned a trip back to Madison for the state tournament and in 2017 they suffered a tough 2-1 overtime loss to Waukesha in the opening round.

During his 16 year coaching career at Arrowhead Carl has been named the All-Area Coach of the Year three times by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2003, 2005, 2009). At the state level he has been named the Sectional Coach of Year in 2004, 2009, 2017, 2019, 2020 by the Wisconsin High School Hockey Association (WHCA). In 2020 Carl was also named the WHCA Bob Johnson Coach-of-the-Year.

His overall coaching record of 269-96-18 (0.726) spanning 16 seasons stands among the all-time coaching leaders in Wisconsin High School history.

   

J.J. Koehler

Assistant Coach - Varsity

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Nick Kohn

Assistant Coach - Varsity

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Nick Szalacinski

Assistant Coach - Varsity

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Jeff Rochon

Team Statistician

Jeff joined the Warhawk staff in 2001-02 and spent his first two seasons as an assistant coach with the JV team before moving to the varsity level where, in addition to coaching, he assumed responsibility for scheduling, statistics, video, scouting and media communication. In 2004 Jeff developed the team website and redesigned the team logo and uniforms. During the 2006-07 season he modified the D1 college KRACH rating formula and applied it to Wisconsin High School Hockey and publishes the STAK Ranking weekly on Wisconsin Prep Hockey.

Coach Rochon grew up playing youth hockey in Dodgeville, Wisconsin and competed against teams throughout South Central Wisconsin. He graduated from Dodgeville High School in 1989, where he lettered in football, wrestling, baseball and golf. Jeff went on to attend UW-Whitewater and received a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design and Marketing in 1993.


COACHING STAFF
TITLE NAME
Head Coach Carl Valimont (17th Season)
Assistant Coaches JJ Koehler, Frank Taylor (7th Season), Nick Szalacinski (5th Season),
Nick Kohn (3rd Season)
Statistician Jeff Rochon (20th Season), Mark Wierichs (5th Season)
Goalie Coach Elliott Hogue (6th Season)
Managers Bryan Mullett, Autumn Fohey, Lexy Smith, Lindsay Krznarich