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Staff
Rob Broderick
Tier I General Manager / NCDC Head Coach
Rob Broderick is the General Manager of the Mercer Chiefs hockey program and Ice Land Arena. He is the Head Coach for our NCDC team. For the past 3 years, he was the Head Coach for our U16 National and U18 Premier teams. Prior to his role with the Chiefs, Rob had served as President of the New Jersey Rockets, Managing Director of the Midget Program and Head Coach of U18 team for 14 years. Rob is the Head Scout for the Maryland Black Bears in the NAHL, and Northeast scout for Youngstown in the USHL. He was the U.S. Scout for Ottawa Junior Senators in the CCHL for last 8 years. Rob was drafted by and played for the Sioux City Musketeers of the USHL and he was captain of his ECAC hockey team his junior and senior years at SUNY Potsdam. Over the past sixteen seasons, his teams have averaged forty five wins per regular season and have made the District playoffs every season in the AYHL and USPHL. Prior to joining the NJ Rockets, Rob was the head coach of Team Carolina, with that team being the first in the organization’s history to win the AAA Regionals.
rob@ice-land.comTim Chase
Tier II General Manager / ProSkate Hockey Director
Coaching Experience: Princeton Tiger Lilies, Head Coach (2021-Present) Director of Hockey at ProSkate (2021-Present) Mercer Chiefs - Tier II, General Manager & Head Coach (2023-Present) Hard Edge Hockey, Founder & Skills Coach (2017-Present) Black Bear Selects Girls Spring/Summer Tournament Teams, Head Coach (2021-Present) Black Bear Sports Group, Director of Girls Hockey Northeast Region (2020-2023) New Jersey Stars, General Manager & Head Coach (2017-2023) Princeton High School Boys Varsity Hockey, Head Coach (2017-2019) Playing Experience Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1988 NHL Draft (7th round) Played for six seasons in the AHL, the IHL, the ECHL, and briefly in Europe Brown University Men’s Ice Hockey (1989-1993) Played at Tabor Academy for three years, winning the New England Prep School Championship in 1988 A Michigan native, Tim began his coaching career in Tampa, Florida and has been working to grow the sport in Central New Jersey for the past several years. He is the founder of Hard Edge Hockey, a program that focuses on developing players through clinics, camps, skills sessions, and tournament teams.
timchasemercerchiefs@gmail.comChris Barcless
Ice Land Hockey Director
Chris played three years of varsity hockey at New Hampton Prep School in NH. He was captain for his Senior year. While playing college hockey at Geneseo State, Chris captained his Jr and Sr years. In 1994 he started working at Ice Land Arena. He coached 9 years at Princeton Day School winning 8 state prep championships. Chris was also named coach of the year 12 times for high school hockey. In 2000, he was named ‘Coach of the Decade.’ In 2021, Chris was named ‘Coach of the Year’ for the Atlantic District. While coaching at Ice Land, he has been to USA Hockey Nationals 9 times between boys and girls teams. There they won 3 bronze medals and a silver at Nationals. Chris has been part of the USA Hockey Atlantic District Festival staff since 1998 and a scout for the Youngstown Phantoms USHL team and the Maryland Black Bears NAHL team.
cbarcless@ice-land.comBrian Batjer
Mites Director
Brian comes to us with 35+ years of hockey experience! Brian is the lead instructor of player development for the New York Rangers. He runs the Jr. Rangers Learn To Play and Rookies programs at various rinks, including Ice land. He has been coaching for over 10 years in and brings a wealth of ideas and concepts when it comes to developing young players and preparing them for AAA hockey. Brian played ACHA D1 hockey at Towson University and junior hockey for the PAL Junior Islanders. His high school – Sachem High School, won the NY State Championship.
brian@ice-land.com
