Staff

James Wall

General Manager

James Wall is set to lead the Vancouver North West Hawks as general manager in his inaugural BCEHL season. With 15 years in minor hockey, Wall's background includes a decade coaching and eight years as director of hockey with West Vancouver Minor Hockey Association, and four years as director of hockey operations for North Vancouver Minor Hockey Association

Originally from Maple Ridge, Wall played minor hockey with Ridge Meadows Minor Hockey Association and graduated from the University of Windsor with a BFA honours degree. Wall is a certified high-performance coach with credentials from BC Hockey and Hockey Canada.

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U18 AAA

Tim Knight

Head Coach

Tim Knight has coached hockey programs around the lower mainland and Sea to Sky area for the past 25 years. He has been involved with BC Hockey's U16 Pursuit of Excellence program for 10 years and has coached multiple U18AAA/U15AAA clubs with the BCEHL.
He is the founder of three High School hockey academies in the Sea to Sky Region and also was part of establishing the BC Hockey High School Championship BCHSHL Pilot. His goal is for the program to serve the young men throughout their years in hockey, but more importantly teach them values that they can take for the rest of their lives.

U17 AAA

Joe Beaupre

Head Coach

Joe Beaupre enters his first season in the BCEHL as head coach of the U17 Vancouver NW Hawks. Beaupre has coached at the minor hockey level for the past 16 years, including the previous 10 seasons with North Shore Winter Club at the U11, U13 and U15 levels. Over the last two seasons, Beaupre coached with the U11 A1 team at North Shore Winter Club.

Beaupre’s minor hockey days were split between Edmonton and Denver, Colorado, where he played at the AAA level with the Colorado Amateur Hockey Association. He attended the University of Toronto and received a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and English.

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U15 AAA

Reid Robertson

Head Coach

After two seasons as an assistant coach with the U18 Vancouver North West Hawks, Reid Robertson enters his second season as head coach of the U15 squad. Outside of the BCEHL, Robertson has compiled eight years of coaching experience with West Vancouver Minor Hockey Association and North Vancouver Minor Hockey Association.

Robertson hails from Coquitlam and grew up playing for Coquitlam Minor Hockey Association. Robertson played five seasons of junior hockey from 2013-18 with the Grand Forks Bruins and the Creston Valley Thunder Cats of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, along with the Port Moody Panthers of the Pacific Junior Hockey League.

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