MALE U17 PREP STAFF
RICK MCCONNELL
HEAD COACH
Rick is a native of Pilot Mound where he played his minor hockey. He went on to play four seasons with the Pembina Valley Hawks in the MB AAA Midget League, the Winkler Flyers of the MJHL and Pilot Mound Pilots of the THHL. McConnell began his coaching career in 1992 and most recently coached the AAA Bantam PV Hawks.
Some of his coaching highlights include coaching the PV Hawks AAA Midgets for 11 seasons, being quite successful and winning the League Championship in 1996. During that time he was selected to coach the Western AAA All Stars on 6 occasions. Several years were spent coaching his boys in minor hockey as well as helping lead the Pilot Mound Senior team to a League Championship. Rick is on his 11th year with Pilot Mound Hockey Academy, being with the program since its inception, and has led the Midget Varsity Buffaloes to a CSSHL Championship in 2020, an NAPHL Championship in 2023, and a CSSHL Tier II Championship in 2025. Currently, Rick scouts for the Neepawa Titans of the MJHL.
He looks forward to coaching in his home town and continuing to develop young hockey players. He lives in Pilot Mound with his wife Marcie and their two boys, Tyson and Carson. Rick is employed by the Prairie Spirit School Division.
BRAD PLATT
ASSISTANT COACH
Brad enjoys and looks forward to being part of the Male U17 Program as he is dedicated to the community and helps to continue to move our programs forward. Brad played his entire minor hockey years in Pilot Mound and then moved on with the Selkirk Steelers and Southeast Blades. His coaching experience involves many levels of the game from minor hockey through to ``AAA`` teams, both male and female. Most recently, Brad coached the PMHA Male U15 Prep program, and had previous stints with the Female U18 Prep program.