MEET YOUR ROTTWEILERS
COACHES
Head Coach
Bart Gooch
The head coach of the Rottweilers thinks dump-and-chase is a personality trait, demanding hard forechecks, clean hits, and zero coasting. Gruff, loyal, and allergic to excuses, he has built the team around one simple rule: every loose puck belongs to the dog willing to bite first.
ASSISTANT COACH
Jennifer Paustian
The Rottweilers’ tactical engine, equal parts systems coach, bench psychologist, and human lie detector for lazy backchecks. She brings a sharper, calmer edge to Bart Gooch’s chaos, turning raw aggression into organized pressure and making sure every player knows exactly where to be before they get there.
PLAYERS
#21 - Captain
RICK LANFORD
The Rottweilers’ captain leads exactly the way he plays: scarred, stubborn, and impossible to move once he decides the puck is his. He is the team’s emotional thermostat, keeping the bench steady when things get ugly and making sure the other team regrets every comfortable second they spend near the crease.
#89 - FORWARD
CALVIN PIKE
Less of a forward and more of a weather system with skates, arriving at the net bald, bearded, and deeply inconvenient. He makes a living screening goalies, collecting ugly rebounds, and looking like he was assembled during a power outage in a Cape Breton garage.
#19 - FORWARD
BRUNO MacDONALD
Looks like the only guy on the roster who owns a lint roller, then spends every shift proving he is just as miserable to play against as the rest of them. Clean-cut, calm, and annoyingly responsible, he wins puck battles with positioning, patience, and the quiet confidence of someone who has never once lost his mouthguard.
#27 - DEFENCEMAN
ANDRE BAPTISTE
The kind of defenceman who smiles during warmups and then politely ruins your entire night at the blue line. Calm, physical, and impossible to rush, he turns odd-man breaks into bad ideas and makes every opposing forward feel like they entered the wrong neighbourhood.
#33 - DEFENCEMAN
DEREK MALLOY
Plays defence with a grin wide enough to show the tooth he sacrificed to the hockey gods and the total absence of regret that followed. He is a cheerful menace on the back end, blocking shots, clearing bodies, and treating every opposing rush like a personal insult with skates.
#30 - GOALTENDER
MASON GOOGOO
The Rottweilers’ last line of defence and first source of opponent frustration, a goaltender who plays with quiet focus and the emotional range of a locked bank vault. Calm in traffic and stubborn on rebounds, he makes shooters feel like they brought a pool noodle to a knife fight.