Staff
U18 AAA
Tim Knight
Tim Knight has coached hockey programs around the lower mainland and Sea to Sky area for the past 25 years. He has been involved with BC Hockey's U16 Pursuit of Excellence program for 10 years and has coached multiple U18AAA/U15AAA clubs with the BCEHL.
Tim Knight has coached hockey programs around the lower mainland and Sea to Sky area for the past 25 years. He has been involved with BC Hockey's U16 Pursuit of Excellence program for 10 years and has coached multiple U18AAA/U15AAA clubs with the BCEHL.
He is the founder of three High School hockey academies in the Sea to Sky Region and also was part of establishing the BC Hockey High School Championship BCHSHL Pilot. His goal is for the program to serve the young men throughout their years in hockey, but more importantly teach them values that they can take for the rest of their lives.
U17 AAA
Massimo Felicella
Massimo Felicella enters his second season as head coach of the U17 Vancouver North West Hawks. Prior to assuming head coaching duties, he served as the team’s assistant coach during the 2024-25 season.
Massimo Felicella enters his second season as head coach of the U17 Vancouver North West Hawks. Prior to assuming head coaching duties, he served as the team’s assistant coach during the 2024-25 season.
Felicella has over 10 years of coaching experience at the minor hockey level. Most recently, he was the head coach of North Vancouver Minor Hockey Association’s (MHA) U18 Tier 1 team for the past three seasons. Prior to joining North Vancouver MHA, he was an assistant coach at the U15 and U18 levels with Kelowna MHA between 2015-2017.
Felicella graduated from Capilano University in 2022.
U15 AAA
Kellan Tochkin
Kellan Tochkin enters his first season as head coach of the U15 Vancouver North West Hawks and his fourth season in the BCEHL. Tochkin’s coaching experience includes roles with the Everett Jr. Silvertips, Vancouver Thunderbirds, Valley West Giants and Hollyburn Huskies. He also worked as a B.C. scout for the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League from 2022 to 2025.
Kellan Tochkin enters his first season as head coach of the U15 Vancouver North West Hawks and his fourth season in the BCEHL. Tochkin’s coaching experience includes roles with the Everett Jr. Silvertips, Vancouver Thunderbirds, Valley West Giants and Hollyburn Huskies. He also worked as a B.C. scout for the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League from 2022 to 2025.
The Abbotsford, B.C., native played four seasons in the WHL with the Everett Silvertips, Medicine Hat Tigers and Prince Albert Raiders. He signed an entry-level contract with the Vancouver Canucks at age 18. He went on to play three seasons of professional hockey, including two-and-a-half seasons in the ECHL and his final half-season in Sweden. Tochkin holds a radio arts and entertainment diploma from the British Columbia Institute of Technology and works in hockey coaching and development.
Steph Wagner
Steph Wagner enters her first season as general manager of the Vancouver North West Hawks and her second season in the BCEHL. Wagner has been involved in minor hockey for 35 years and has served as president of PCMHA since 2022 after working as a division manager in 2020.
Steph Wagner enters her first season as general manager of the Vancouver North West Hawks and her second season in the BCEHL. Wagner has been involved in minor hockey for 35 years and has served as president of PCMHA since 2022 after working as a division manager in 2020.
Wagner has been an assistant coach with the Prospects Spring Program since 2025 and was an assistant coach with the Tri-City Predators U18 team during the 2025-26 season. The Surrey, B.C., native played minor hockey with Surrey Minor Hockey and Surrey Female Hockey. She studied marketing and communications at the British Columbia Institute of Technology and real estate trading at the UBC Sauder School of Business. Wagner works as director of operations for Fusion West Lacrosse.
