THE HOCKEY COACH 14

Rick Traugott is a lifelong coach who has been working with young athletes in many sports for the past 38 years. Since the 2010-11 season, Coach Traugott has been working with Canada's National Women's Team hockey program serving in a number of roles including camp coach with the U18 and development teams, and Video Coach with the U18, Development and National Women's Teams. Rick was a member of the staff that won a gold medal with the U18 team at the IIHF World Championship in Budapest, Hungary in 2014 and a silver medal with the NWT at Worlds in Malmo, Sweden in 2015 and bronze with the U18 team in 2018 in Dmitrov, Russia.

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Coach Traugott's resumé includes coaching the Varsity boys and girls programs at Trinity College School, Ryerson University men's team, Wexford Raiders Tier 2 Junior A, Wexford Raiders Minor Bantam and Midget AAA, as well as the Brampton Thunder of the CWHL. He also served as Video Coach and Team Leader for the uSports Women's Team that competed at the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty, Kazakhstan where the team won a silver medal.

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Coach Traugott is back behind the bench with the Trinity College School Bigside boys' team as they compere in Division 1 of the CISAA (Conference of Independent Schools Athletic Association) against the top prep school teams in Canada and the United States.