Staff :: Valley West Giants

Wes McLeod

Head Coach

Wes comes to the Valley West organization after spending last season with the Fort McMurray Oil Barons of the AJHL. Prior to that Wes was also an Assistant Coach with the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds for two seasons. Wes has also been involved in BC Hockey’s High Performance program for 4 years. He is currently completing his Human Kinetics degree.

Nick Beck

Assistant Coach

After his career in Junior Hockey (JrB with the Ridge Meadows Flames and JrA with the Surrey Eagles), Nick is entering his first year behind the bench. He is also a full time student at UFV working on his Bachelor of Kinesiology.

Tom Maryschak

Assistant Coach

Tom spent last season coaching at BWC, prior to that Tom coached for ten seasons with Langley Minor Hockey. Tom began training players back in 1991 and is also a Skills Coach with BC Hockey.

Amanda Schmitt

Athletic Therapist

Amanda is currently working on her Masters Degree in Human Dietetics. Amanda has been around hockey most of her life and has worked as a power skating a player development coach for the past 9 years and as strength and conditioning coach for the past 7 years. Amanda has certification in Sports Nutrition as well as Strength and Conditioning.

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Jamie Fiset

General Manager

After spending 12 years with the Ridge Meadows Flames PJHL, this is Jamie’s first season with the Valley West Giants organization. He has been involved with BC Hockey’s High Performance Program for over a decade and was Head Coach of Team BC in 2016.