2025
Coaching Application
Head Coach, Assistant Coach & Trainer
Coach Andre Glazer
2024 Kempenfeldt Bay Raiders U11 & 2025 Kempenfeldt Bay Raiders U13 Head Coach
Andre Glazer otherwise known as “Coach Dre” as been involved in minor hockey since 1998. Playing in Mississauga with the AA Mississauga Chiefs, after a 2-year run with the Mississauga Chargers as a Center. Andre then took a 7-year break from the ice and is in his element as Coach. The transition from player to coach was a natural one. Andre took the lessons he learned in the sport as a player and transferred them to the bench and youth minor hockey coaching in the U8, U9, U10 age groups getting a firm grasp on the requirements for successfully coaching young athletes. The secret recipe was education, backed by fun, led by positivity! Most kids love the sport but don’t realize that the lessons that are taught on the ice directly relate to life outside of the rink into adult life, perseverance, drive, dedication, motivation, all things required to be successful in any aspect of life.
With a young family himself, Andre is all about the moments and how much they mean to kids and their parents. Hockey is a family and community sport that brings people together to celebrate the love of the game. Andre believes that hockey and specifically “good coaching” is critical to a young athlete’s development because the work you put in as a coach both personally and professionally directly effects the athlete and the way they look at the sport and other important activities in their lives. This is why he takes coaching so seriously and wants to leave a lasting impression on young athletes so that one day they may take the lessons learned and apply them in their day to day.
Andre has been a staple in his community with organizing events to donate to the community and the less fortunate with ties to Toques from the Heart, an organization that spreads love throughout the community during the winter months by handing out thousands of toques to the homeless to show hope and warmth during the holiday season along with work done with Big Brother and Sisters of Canada and The Busby Center.
Andre’s Passion is not hockey! Its education…. Not the school kind of education but the “LIFE” type of education, learning from the experience of winning and losing, from the ups and downs of emotions and the respect that you learn and earn by being a respectful participant in your community.
Making young people strong on the ice but respected in their community.
Coach Jon Popple
2024 & 2025 Kempenfeldt Bay Raiders U9 Head Coach
Coach Jon has been involved in minor hockey since 1984 as a player, coach, trainer and OMHA official. He began his coaching career with the Penetang Flames Minor Hockey Association, coaching U9 and U11 Rep. Following six (6) years of coaching he made the switch to officiating and worked as an OMHA official in Simcoe County, Muskoka and Halton Region. Following 15 years of officiating he returned to coaching in the Elmvale Coyotes Minor Hockey system coaching and coordinating over 40 players in the U7 age group from 2021 to 2023, the U8 LL and U8 Select teams in 2023/2024 and he will be coaching the U9 MD team in Elmvale for the 2024/2025 season.
Jon played his minor hockey with the Penetang Flames, playing Rep level hockey from U8 to U18. During these years he also played for the Huronia Huskies AAA program and in 1996 was selected for Team Ontario’s U17 Development Camp. Following his minor hockey career Jon joined the Penetang JR. C Kings Hockey Club before going to Fleming College for his post secondary education.
Jon is a strong believer in defence first hockey, asking his players to play at both ends of the ice. He demands Dedication, Discipline and Desire from his players, while promoting fun and enjoyment of the game.
In addition to hockey, Jon has been involved in coaching minor baseball in Elmvale and for the 2023 season he was the head coach of the Elmvale Expos U9 and Elmvale Expos U11 fastball teams. Jon will again be coaching the U9 Elmvale Expos team and will be an Assistant & Pitching coach for the U11 Team during the 2024 season.
Professionally, Jon has enjoyed a 25 year career in Law Enforcement, working closely with the public, residents and community leaders to make the communities he has served a better place to live, work and play. During his career Jon also served as a Director, Vice President and President of the Municipal Law Enforcement Officers’ Association of Ontario. In these positions Jon was elected to represent and lobby on behalf of over 2000 law enforcement officers’ from across Ontario at the municipal, provincial and federal levels of government.
