meet the coaches
Casey Rooney
Casey grew up in Colorado Springs playing for Pikes Peak Tigers hockey program. He then moved to Minnesota to play for High School at Hill-Murray. Casey then played one year of juniors for East Metro Lakers.Casey started his coaching career training goalies with Prohybrid Training from 2008 - 2014 along with Gentry Academy working under Sean Skinner from 2014-2015. Casey started ReadReact Hockey May 2015. SInce then, Casey has hosted camps in Italy, China, Kazakhstan.Some notable players Casey has worked include: Chaz & Cruz Lucius, Conner Kurth, Issac Howard, Ryan Chesley, Will Schimek, Bennet Schimek, Jake Sondreal, Zach Sondreal, Cam Berg, Nick Pierre, Conner Smith, JJ Wiebusch, Josie St. Martin, Lindzi Avar, Gordon Diefel, Peter Thome, Matiss Kivlenieks, Josie Bothun, and more!
Lukas Sladkovsky
Lulsa is from Prague, Czech Republic. Growing up, he played youth hockey in the Czech Republic for Sparta Prague. At the age of 16, Lukas moved to play Jr. A Hockey in Ontario, Canada. Lukas was then drafted in the CHL Import Draft by Vald'Or Foreurs QMJHL. In 2017, Lukas started playing professional hockey in the Czech Republic for two seasons. He then spent four seasons playing professional hockey in England, helping bring the team to one National Cup Championship in 2023 and winning a National Championship title in 2024. Lukas is excited to share his knowledge from many years of his hockey experience.
Emilie Brigham
Emilie Brigham is a recent graduate of the University of Maine where she played four years of NCAA Division I hockey as a Black Bear. She captained the team in her junior and senior seasons and was a three time UMaine Scholar Athlete and Hockey East All-Academic team member. Before Maine, Emilie played at Anoka High School where she was captain and earned a Hobey Baker Award in her senior season. Emilie has spent time coaching youth hockey players for several years across Minnesota and Maine. Most recently, Emilie was the head coach for the St. Francis/North Branch Girls’ High School team in the 2017-2018 season.