A native of Manasquan, NJ, Andrew Trimble enters his first season as Head Coach at Dayton after guiding the Columbia University Women's Hockey Team a year ago.
Coach Trimble grew up playing in the Brick Hockey Club and ended his career at Manasquan High School as the program's leading scorer, MVP of his conference, an All-Shore selection, All-Tournament for the 97' Garden State Games, and a selection to the 98' NJ State Senior All-Star Game. Andrew went on to play and serve as Assistant Captain for the Laconia Leafs (Tier III Jr. A, AJHL) in Laconia, NH and NCAA Hockey for SUNY Buffalo State in the highly competitive Div. III SUNYAC.
Aside from his duties with the Bulldogs, Andrew serves as chairman of the Laconia Leafs Alumni Association and on the staff of the 'Training Camp Hockey' School. He currently is a Financial Advisor for Bishop, Rosen & Co, a boutique wealth management firm in Lower Manhattan.
Matt Schachtel
Assistant Coach
Matt Schachtel is in his fourth season as assistant coach for the Dayton Ice Hockey team. He also remains a Assistant Varsity & JV Coach for the JDHS Soccer team. A graduate of Dayton in 2003, Matt was a member of the 2003 Kelly Cup Chapionship team. While attending Dayton he also was a gold letter winner for the soccer team, and played both basketball and tennis for one season.
After Dayton, Matt then attended Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT where he played on the Division 1 Men's Soccer team for two seasons, wearing jersey #11. He then transferred to Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, NJ where he graduated in May 2007 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Graphic and Web Design.
Matt is the owner of Penguin Designs, a graphic/web design company specializing in custom screen printing apparel.
Jeff Schultz
Assistant Coach
Jeff Schultz enters his second season on the coaching staff for the Bulldogs Ice Hockey team. As a 2003 alumni from Dayton, he was a gold letter winning forward and a member of the 2003 Kelly Cup Champion team. After graduating from Dayton, Jeff continued his education at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT, where he graduated in May 2007 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Media Production.
Jeff also oversees video production for the ice hockey team.
Brendan Donald
Assistant Coach / Goaltender Coach
This is Brendan’s first season as assistant/goaltender coach for the Dayton Ice Hockey team. He played his youth hockey for the Brick Hockey Club. There he was a member of the Bowie, Md. Tournament Championship team, 2-time District Championship teams and Regional Finalist In Greensboro, N.C.. He has also attended off-season training camps in London, Ontario where he earned Best Goalie Award in his first season at the camp. After high school Brendan continued his playing career at Monmouth University. He graduated in 2002 with his Bachelors in Business, Management.
John Perone
General Manager
John Perone enters his fourth year with the program. John is a graduate of Seton Hall University completing both his undergraduate and graduate studies there. While attending Seton Hall, Coach Perone was a goaltender for the Pirates Ice Hockey Team, competing at the collegiate ACHA division II level in the MCHC and MACHA conferences.
John joined the Bulldog family in 2003 as a Computer Technician for the school district and remains in that role today in addition to his bulldog hockey duties.
Brett Berger
Assistant Coach, Sabbatical
Brett played his high school hockey here at Dayton where he tallied enough points to become the school’s All-Time leader in scoring and assists. In his first year with the team, Brett was named “Rookie of the Year” by the Star-Ledger. His junior and senior year, Brett was named Captain, and eventually helped lead the Bulldogs to their first ever conference championship, winning the Kelly Cup and claiming All-Conference honors.
Brett graduated in 2003, and continued his education at Rutgers University where he played on the club hockey team. Brett later graduated in May, 2007 with a B.S. in Sports Management.
Currently Brett is Assistant Coach for the Div 1 ACHA Adrian College Ice Hockey team.
Timothy Kaulfers
Assistant Coach, Emeritus.
Attended JDRHS from 93 to 97, played defense for the co-op Johnson Dayton team, varsity as a soph jun and senior, was alternate captain as a senior and member of the McInnis Cup championship team in 97. Attended Marist college and graduated in 2001, have been coaching for dayton since 2002-2003 season, most memorable moment winning the Kelly cup that year vs. MKA 2-1.
A message from Tim in TX...
I would just like to wish the team the best of luck this year! I really wish I could be there, especially for the seniors. Coach Perone has my info if anyone needs to contact me. I'll always be there as a coach and friend for you guys.
Team Rules
In lieu of adding to or expanding upon an already extensive compilation of student guidelines and regulations listed in the Jonathan Dayton High School Student Handbook, all players and parents/guardians are asked to take a pledge of commitment to character on behalf of our ice hockey program.
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Student Athletes:
The Health Eligibility Packet must be completed and returned to Ms. Guida in the JDHS Health Office at least one week prior to the start of our season. Should the paperwork be returned any later, it may not be processed in time for you to be declared 'eligible to begin practice'.
Our event/travel schedule is subject to change based on a number of factors. Anytime a change is made it will be immediately reflected in the Travel Schedule linked below. Please refer to this link periodically to confirm the dates, times, locations and bus schedules of our team.
If your son/daughter will not be traveling with the team due to an excused circumstance, please complete and return and Transportation Form to Coach Perone prior to that date.
Registration forms can be returned to your school's main office. Only students wanting to participate in the 'Ice Hockey' activities must fill out the waiver liability form for Union Sports Arena.
