Title: 16U Girls Assistant Coach

Mel Ames

HOMETOWN
Rochester, N.Y.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Youth: Rochester Edge
2012-13: Pittsburgh Penguins Elite 19U (Tier I)
2013-17: SUNY Plattsburgh (NCAA D-III) – Four-time NCAA national champion, four-time ECAC West champion, scored 62 points (36 goals) in four seasons
2017-19: Hannover Scorpions (German Bundesliga): Scored 45 points (35 goals) in 53 pro games

COACHING EXPERIENCE
2019-22: Rochester Edge 14U/16U (Tier 1) – Won 14U state championship

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO WORK AT BK?
I love the game of hockey and very excited to work with a group of players who have dedication, grit, and relentlessness to become better players. I am from Rochester and have seen the impact this program has had on players and am excited to join.

Scott Macdonald

U16 GIRLS Assistant Coach

Experience:

  • 12 Year Head Coach with RIT Women’s Hockey Team (Division I & Division III) Coach
    McDonald led RIT with his the record All-Time Wins Leader at 205. In 2012 McDonald
    helped lead his team to the NCAA DIII National Champion. In 2011 & 2012 ECAC West
    Champions and 2014 & 2015 CHA Champions. Through Coach McDonalds time at RIT he
    led RIT to four NCAA Division III & Division I Tournament appearances (2007, 2011, 2012,
  • Assistant Coach with RIT Men’s Hockey & Utica College’s Men’s Hockey Team
  • Four year Division I Player at Niagara University and continued Professional Playing
    Career Professionally in Sweden