Kevin St. Jacques
Head Coach
St. Jacques, a native of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, will take over for Sylvain Cloutier, who resigned in May, as well as acting Interim Head Coach Phil Oberlin.
St. Jacques was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks after playing four (4) years of juniors in the Western Hockey League (WHL), where he led the league in scoring. With a long history as a player, St. Jacques played sixteen (16) years of professional hockey in several leagues including the Western Hockey League (WHL), International Hockey League (IHL), United Hockey League (UHL), ECHL, British Hockey League (BHL), West Coast Hockey League (WCHL) and Central Hockey League (CHL).
As a coach, St. Jacques has eleven (11) years of coaching hockey at the junior and professional levels. Most recently Kevin was the Head Coach for the Mercer Chiefs USPHL Premier team and Assistant Coach to the Mercer Chiefs NCDC teams during the 2024-25 season.
Phil Oberlin
Associate Coach & Manager, Hockey Operations
The IceRays are happy to welcome back Phil Oberlin as Associate Coach & Manager, Hockey Operations. Phil is going into his 4th season with the Ice Rays and his first with the new Managing Partners.
Prior to joining the Ice Rays in December of 2022, Phil spent four and half seasons in the North American 3 Hockey League as head coach and general manager of the Yellowstone Quake and then the Austin Ice Bats before making the jump to the North American Hockey League. This valuable experience makes Phil very familiar with the junior hockey landscape
Preceding Phil’s move into junior hockey, he spent seven years as the head coach of the Ohio University ACHA Division Two Men’s Hockey team. Leading the program to a league championship in 2018, four straight regional tournament births and the programs first ever national tournament appearance.
Phil also played his collegiate hockey at Ohio University for the ACHA Division One Men’s Hockey team while earning his bachelor’s degree in Recreation Management.
Phil is dedicated to community outreach and is involved in youth hockey within many roles, such as hockey director, coaching coordinator and learn to play coordinator.
The IceRays are happy to welcome Phil back to the organization.
