Danny Brooks added to 2002 SELECTS Staff

The Selects are proud to announce that Danny Brooks (MA) has joined the 2002 Team Coaching Staff. Danny was previously an Assistant Coach with the NHL’s St. Louis Blues, KHL’s CSKA Red Army, AHL’s Peoria Rivermen, ECHL’s Orlando Solar Bears and NCAA Division 1 Brown University and Western Michigan. “Coach Brooks has an outstanding track record of developing players with a keen eye for talent”, Selects Director Brian Mueller said. “He will bring with him a strong culture of high-level expectations that will fit in nicely with Coach Karpa and Coach Aucoin”. Most recently, Coach Brooks had 14 of his former or current players participate in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Coach Brooks has also worked with over 40 NHL players including Ryan Garbutt (Anaheim), Sean Couturier (Philadelphia) and Ondrej Palat (Tampa). “When dealing with highly motivated and committed Select athletes it is very important to provide input to help deliver the program that is specific to their development” said Coach Brooks. “My goal is to provide all these players with some short and long term goals to stay on the fast track.”