Chris Caroppoli

With his second season at Stony Brook, Chris played high school ice hockey here on Long Island with Comsewogue High School where he graduated in 1978. Chris studied special education and elementary education before becoming a small business owner in 1984. Chris formed the Comsewogue-Port Jeff Ice Hockey club in 1993. He has been General Manager and coach since its formation. Chris is currently Vice President of the Suffolk County Ice Hockey League, a position he has held since 2001. He helped lead the Warriors Ice Hockey Club to a New York State Amateur Hockey Association championship in 2007-2008. Chris also received the Dan Ryan award for outstanding service to the youth of Suffolk County through the sport of ice hockey in 2004 from Suffolk County High School Hockey League. Chris worked with team by bringing some of the finest high school hockey players from the start to compete with top level teams from through out the country.

Buzz DesChamps

In his second season with Stony Brook, Canadian born Buzz Deschamps was drafted by the New York Rangers in 1955 and spent a decade playing professional hockey across the United States and Canada. Buzz presence was well known on the ice with teams like the Sudbury Wolves, Indianapolis Chiefs, Long Island Ducks, Baltimore Clippers, St. Paul Rangers and the Providence Reds. Buzz holds the season team goal scoring record of 59 goals with the Long Island Ducks in the American Hockey League (AHL). He finished his strong professional hockey career with the Los Angeles Blades. Following this, Buzz chose retirement after he was drafted by the Los Angels Kings in 1968. Buzz was a scout for the Calgary Flames and the NY Rangers, and he coached the NCAA DIII St. John's University Ice Hockey team for 10 years. Buzz quickly gave back to the hockey community, coaching youth competitive hockey for over 20 years. Buzz currently works with Suffolk PAL Hockey, connecting professional experience with talented athletes. Buzz and his wife Trudy reside in Bay Shore.

Peter Hall

With his second season at Stony Brook, Pete is an Alumni of Stony Brook University and wore Seawolves Red as a player on the 1989/1990 team.. As a player, Pete was a hard hitting defenseman whose efforts were known on and off the ice. In his Senior season, Pete joined the college newspaper, The Statesman, as a journalist and photographer with the sole responsibility of covering Seawolves Hockey. Today, that tradition continues. Pete’s hockey extends to participating in countless adult hockey programs in the New York Metropolitan area. Pete was Head Coach for a Youth Travel Hockey program and he coaches the Comsewogue High School Freshman and Junior Varsity programs. Pete’s recent experience in the youth hockey programs of Long Island should bode well in Stony Brooks continued desire to bring the best players possible into our program. Pete holds a BA in Political Science & an MS in Technological Systems Management from Stony Brook University in addition to a MBA from Dowling College. In 10 years of employment at Cablevision, Pete has risen to the position of Vice President of Technical Support for High Speed Data and Voice Over IP products and services.

Jamison Blom

Jamison is new to the coaching staff this season, and has spent his entire life on the ice. He is a sales rep for Pfizer. Jamison wore Seawolves Red in the 2002-2003 Season where he was part of the team that went to the final National Championship game when Stony Brook was ACHA Division II. He started his collegiate hockey career playing for West Virgina.