Jay Blakley
Director

Jay has been working in the hockey development industry as a professional for ten years now. He started with Okanagan Hockey School where he was Head Instructor and Program Director for six summers.

Scott Fukami
Head Instructor, Player Development

Scott Fukami is the newest member of Professional Hockey Development's staff.

He has had a measure of success at every level of hockey, including Major Junior, collegiate as well as professional leagues in Europe and Asia.

Scott is a passionate teacher who enjoys sharing his wealth of knowledge with developing players of all ages.

Wally Kozak
Head Instructor, Player Development

Wally Kozak serves as the coach mentor for all PHD staff. Wally’s experience and knowledge is a resource accessable to all staff at PHD. Wally has worked with PHD President Jay Blakley since Jay was ten years old as a player and now a coach.

2511 39 Th Street N. E.
Calgary, Alberta
T1Y 3K9
Phone:  403-293-6291
Email: wkozak@ucalgary.ca / wkozak@telusplanet.net
Birthdate: Dec 22, 1945

Qualifications

• Leadership experience as a, department head, co-ordinator, coach, teacher and mentor as well as practical experience in the men’s and women’s game as a technical expert at all levels. 
• Vision in providing innovation for the game with a genuine appreciation for the progress of the female game.
• Ability to communicate with all hockey constituents at all levels.
• Advanced Knowledge of the game with a genuine concern for Skill development.
• Mentorship combined with an ability to work with Master Coaches and experts on both the female and male side to foster lasting learning and growth in the Canadian Game.
• Adaptability to meet the needs of the Team and Organisation.
• Management by respect for the qualified people selected to assume various roles in the organisation.
• Ability to motivate and  bring out the best in athletes, teams and co-workers.
• Value driven and motivated to make a difference in the game and serve the larger purpose of Sport and how it serves the improvement of a community, the nation and the World as a whole.

Accomplishments

• Olympic, National and provincial Championships in Hockey as well as National and Provincial Championships in other sports.
• Author and co - producer of numerous articles and videos in Hockey.
• Developer of coaching programs in Japan and mentoring their National Team coaches at World championships and Olympic games. Working with Senior Men’s, Women’s and National Junior teams and staffs in addition to the JIHF.

Coaching and Hockey development awards with Alberta hockey

• 2001-2002- assistant coach, Olympic gold medallist
• 1998 - 2001 Olympic Oval, Senior coach Female Hockey
• 1998 - Mentor Coach - Team Japan Women _ Nagano Olympics
• 1998 - Coach - Oval X-treme “AAA” - National Champions
• 1999, 2000,  - Oval X-treme National silver and Bronze medallists
• Team Canada National Women:
• 1999-2000, 2000 - 2001 Assistant Coach Senior national team
• Named to Staff as assistant Coach for 2002 Olympics
• 1998-1999 - Assistant Coach Team Canada Under 22
• Team Germany - Under 18 National team
• 1999-2000 - Coaching advisor for team stationed in Calgary
• Team Japan - National Senior men National Junior Men and National  Women
• 1995 -1998 - Acted as advisor and mentor coach to Japan Ice Hockey Federation in preparation for Nagano Olympics.
• Observed all levels of hockey in Japan.
• Made recomendations to the National Federation to affect their Hockey culture and make it more competitive for the Olympics.
• Delivered coaching clinics to all levels of coaches in all regions of Japan.
• Assisted Dave King in delivering summer National Evaluation Camps for 3 years building a plan for Japan to compete in the Olympics.
•  (These camps were used by the Canadian Hockey Association to “educate “ Canada’s National Junior coaches about International Hockey, as their staffs also participated in the camps.)
• 1996 - Associate Coach Japan National Senior men - World Championships - Slovakia and Asia Winter games in Harbin China
• 1996 - Associate Coach - Japan Under 20 - World Championships in France and Asia Winter games - Seoul Korea
• 1997- Associate / mentor Coach with Team Japan Women at Christmas Cup in Switzerland, Alberta Olympic Prep tour and Pre Nagano Camp in Japan.

Coaching experiences prior to 1995:

• High School Sports: Twenty-Five years as head coach in Football, Wrestling and Track and Field. Physical Education Department head.
• Minor Hockey Coaching: AA, AAA, Bantam and Midget Hockey
• Junior “A” Hockey - Head coach - Calgary Canucks. Alberta Junior League champions.
• Major Junior Hockey -  Head coach of Calgary Wranglers _Western major Junior Hockey league
• Team Pacific  - Under 17 - Assistant Coach vs Team USSR
• Team Alberta - China Tour - 1984 Head Coach with Alberta Elite Under 17 team.
• Group leader / head instructor - AAHA - 1982-84 -Elite camps to develop players and coaches for future International competitions.
• University of Calgary Dinosaurs- Assistant coach with George Kingston

Team Canada Men’s Hockey

• Canadian Men’s National team - 1984-1990 - Assistant Skills develoment coach with Dave King. Pre Olympic Scouting and Olympic assistant.
• Spengler Cups -Gold, Silver and Bronze medallist - associate and assistant coach 1989,90 and 91. Team Canada.

Playing background

• University of Saskatchewan Huskies -4 years
• Saskatoon Senior Quakers - Western Canadian Senior league
• Team Canada - Coach / manger - Father Bauer
• Flint General - IHL - International Hockey league
• Chicago Black Hawks - Try - out - Assigned to Flint
• Calgary Stampeders - Allan Cup Finalists - Star Cup Sweden - Canada Rep.
  

Coaching Leadership Experiences

• Manager of Chinook Hockey Clinics for Top amateur and professional players pre - try out preparation.
• Course Conductor for Hockey technical -all levels and coaching theory 1 and 2 NCCP.
• Certified Mentor leader for Alberta Hockey Provincial Mentorship program
• Evaluator for Advanced 1 and Advanced 2 Hockey coaches in Alberta.
• Master Coach NCI University of Calgary - mentor - Female Hockey coaches in NCI program.
• Consultant for CAHA, CHA and Centre Of excellence. Author of numerous video productions and coaching programs that compliment NCCP resources.

Author and Production Consultant for:

CHA NCCP Videos:

• Coach’s Level videos
• Right Start- Skating, Puck Control and Checking.
• Intermediate Level program - Individual tactics “A”
• Advanced 1 Coaches  - Individual tactics “B”

Centre of Excellence Videos:

• Skating: Balance and Power
• Teaching techniques
• Beginning Checking
• Fun and games on Ice
• Advanced Checking
• Goals 1 - Offensive Thinking - Video and Viewers guide
• Goals 2 - Defensive Thinking
• Defensive Zone play - Centre of Excellence Seminar - Video and presentation
• A paper on - Criteria for player selection for International competition
• Alberta Hockey CD - Developing the “ Complete player”
• CHA - Coaching Clinic Series (Teaching Thinking, Teaching Checking)