Lee Jelenic was born in Toronto, Ontario and began his hockey career in Houston Texas, before relocating with his family to the Garden State at the age of 9. From 1989 to 1997 He played his NJ Travel Hockey for the Princeton Junior Tigers, Philadelphia Little Flyers, Mercer Chiefs and NJ Rockets. His NJHSH career spanned four seasons from 1993 – 1997 where he starred for West Windsor Plainsboro High School. He was also an all-conference baseball player recruited by various Division I baseball programs.

In hockey, Jelenic amassed 228 points, 146 of them goals in 79 career games at West Windsor. His 1995-96 West Windsor team was the first Colonial Valley Conference team to make it past the second round of the NJ HS State hockey tournament, with Jelenic scoring the game winning goal in a 2-1 win over Hanover Regional at Mennen Arena. His team lost 4-0 in the third round of the state tournament to fellow NJHSHHOF 2022 inductee Cindy Acropolis’ Brick High School. Jelenic led New Jersey in goals in the 1996-97 campaign, his senior year. The August before Jelenic’s senior year of High School, The Plymouth (MI) Whalers of the OHL invited him to their training camp. He spent the maximum 48 hours in camp, without forfeiting his NCAA eligibility.

During his four years at WWPHS, Jelenic, was often told by junior,college, and pro scouts that if he stayed in NJ, rather than leave for prep school
or the USHL he wouldn’t be able to play Division I college hockey. Jelenic never left, and in 1997 became only the second male player in NJ High School Hockey History (Jim Dowd was the first) to go directly from a public NJ High School Hockey team to an NCAA Division I program, when me matriculated to Yale.

Jelenic played four seasons at Yale, earning a varsity letter for three of those seasons. In his time at Yale, his team won one ECAC title, made one
NCAA Tournament Appearance, and won three Ivy League Championships. Jelenic scored 5 goals and 10 assists in 75 career games at Yale, playing mostly as a checking line forward. He was also named to various ECAC All Academic Teams. He was also recognized in his senior year at Yale as the Yale Community Outreach Award Recipient for all of his efforts to bring the community of New Haven and Yale Athletics together. In 2001, after graduating from Yale with a degree in Political Science, Jelenic turned pro, signing with the Missouri River Otters of the United Hockey League (UHL). He was traded to the Flint Generals (UHL) early in the season and amasses 10G and 10A, along with 142 Penalty Minutes in his rookie pro season. He was named the Flint Generals Rookie of the year in 2002. His second campaign in Flint, in 2002, was even more successful, where Jelenic racked up 13G and 12A in 39 games, with 109 PIMs, before being signed by the Rochester Americans in the American Hockey League (AHL). Rochester is the AHL affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres (NHL). Jelenic’s career came to an abrupt end after playing 17 games in
the AHL due to degenerative cartilage in his right knee.

After hockey he spent time at JP Morgan, Ford Motor Company, and is now the Chief Innovation Officer at United Wholesale Mortgage, the nation’s second largest mortgage lender. He received an MBA with Honors from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2009). He currently resides in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan with his wife Anne and their six children. He also serves as the Head Coach of the ’08 AAA Victory Honda Bantam Major team.

Billy at 6 yrs old, pulled a pair of old white figure skates from a basement shelf and jumped on the ice of a frozen brook behind his house. His Father laughed & said “you better make those white skates fly”; and that he did! From there Billy’s passion and talent for Hockey was born. Billy’s achievements & awards are numerous: In his Junior & Senior years at Livingston HS Billy led the State in scoring 2 years in a row, was named MVP of the NJ State Hockey League, was chosen 1st Team All-State 2 years in a row, was named by the “Daily Record” to the Interscholastic 1st All-Star Team, 1977 & 1978. Won the prestigious Gordon Cup in 1977. Led Livingston HS to 2 State Finals & scored a hat trick. Won the Jr National Championship with the NJ Rockets & scored the winning goal, 1978.

Billy moved to the USHL Pro League playing with the Waterloo Black Hawks winning the USHL championship 1979. The following year Billy was one of the top scorers in the USHL. Named to the USHL National All-Star Team that played in Europe and he led the team in tournament scoring. Other Achievements – Canton College National Champs. National Tournament Top Scorer, NHL Camps – NJ Devils pre-season Top Scorer, Minnesota North Stars Top Scorer, NY Rangers, Las Vegas Aces Top Scorer, SHL Champs, played AHL, IHL, ECHL, ACHL, PSHL, RHI, AHNAL.
Billy has coached many young hockey players making their own skates fly! These players moved on to play hockey at prep schools, college and the pros.

Mark’s ice hockey career began at age 5 in 1961 at the Asbury Park Casino Arena. He continued playing youth hockey at Navesink and Brick Hockey Club until 1971. His hockey crazed parents, particularly his Montreal native mother packed the belongings from their Interlaken, NJ home and relocated to Brick, NJ where Mark continued his hockey career at Brick Township High School for three seasons until 1974. Mark was voted all state honorable mention in his first two seasons. In the 1973-74 season which was Mark’s final year of high school his game had vastly improved. At seasons end the New Jersey Interscholastic Hockey League coaches would vote Mark the winner of the William Halverson Trophy as the league’s Most Valuable Player. He was also the league’s leading scorer and was a first team all star. His Brick team won its first ever A Division regular season title and first ever Gordon Cup Championship.

In 1974 Mark was named Asbury Park Press Athlete of the week and in 2000 Mark was named to the Newark Ledger All Century 1970’s All Decade Team. Mark then played at ECAC Division II St. Anselms College, Manchester, N.H. during the 1974-75 and 1975-76 seasons. He then transferred closer to home to Fairleigh Dickinson University. From 1976-77 through 1978-79 he led the Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference in scoring and was a first team all-star. In 1976-77 his FDU team won its first ever MCHC regular season and playoff championship.

After college graduation Mark went to law school in San Diego, Ca. where he connected with the president of the newly formed San Diego Adult Hockey league. Due to the immediate need for league referees his focus changed as he became a self taught referee for the league. This provided some needed regular income to a broke law school student. Upon returning to New Jersey in 1982 he became a USA Hockey and National Ice Hockey Officials registered certified referee. From 1984 to 2000 Mark was the president of the Jersey Shore Ice Hockey Officials Association and a referee assignor for both USA Hockey and NIHOA.

In 1996 Mark was voted by his peers as the National Federation of High Schools Ice Hockey Referee of the Year. In 1997 Mark attended a USA Hockey referee instructor and power skating program in Lake Placid, N.Y. on the invite of Tony Mariconda, the program supervisor. While there Mark presented a lecture to the attendees on the subjects of referee risk management and liability. Mark also regularly instructed at USA hockey seminars. He and his good friend Fred “Butch” Porrino, partnered for five years organizing and operating USA Hockey seminars in Atlantic City, N.J. Mark’s referee career endured for 38 years from 1979 to 2017 when he stepped away for medical reasons.

Matthew Radoslovich was a four-year letterman and co-captain for Bergen Catholic. As a Crusader, he was coached by Frank Horan (freshman year) and Dan May (sophomore to senior year). Under May, Matt helped lead the Crusaders to their first State Championship and Tournament of Champions title in 2001. That season he was named the Star Ledger/NJ Devils “New Jersey Player of the Year.” He was also named First-Team All-State and received “Devils’ High School Player of the Month” during that season.

Matt was also a two-year and three-year letterman for lacrosse and soccer respectively. He was a member of the Bergen Catholic 1999 Soccer State Championship team. These accomplishments earned Matt the Bergen County Coaches Association’s (B.C.C.A.) “Multi-Sport Athletic Award” at the end of his high school career. After Bergen Catholic, Matt became only the second player in history to “walk on” to the Boston University hockey team. As a senior, he received B.U.’s John B. Simpson Award (for outstanding leadership). Following his time as a Terrier, Matt went on to play five years in various minor ‘AA’ leagues.

After playing, Matt spent four years coaching Midgets with the Ice House Avalanche. He then spent five years leading a Mini-mite program near his home in Westchester, NY. Matt is a special education math teacher. He lives in Westchester with his wife, Jacqueline, and two daughters, Emma and Hannah.

Tom Danko is well-known throughout the New Jersey High School hockey community as one of the good guys. He became a notable figure during his 32-year tenure as the Head Coach of Clifton High School. His accolades are quite impressive. In his 32 years as the Head Coach of the Mustangs, Danko amassed 374 wins, won four Cup Championships, five Passaic County titles, and the 2000 Public State Championship.

He has also earned many honors during his long and successful career. Danko is a five-time Passaic County “Coach of the Year” and Big North “Coach of the Year”. Most notably, Danko was named the Star Ledger “Coach of the Year” for guiding a young Mustang team to the 2000 State Title.

Patrick Slocum played youth hockey with the Cranford Hockey Club and attended Cranford High School from 1992 to 1996. In 92 career high school games, he scored a total of 316 points (190 goals and 126 assists) with 31 career Hat Tricks, currently ranking as the 3rd all-time career scoring leader in the state. In his Senior year, he led the state in scoring with 115 points (67 goals and 48 assists) and was named to the Newark Star Ledger 2nd Team All-State. He was also the NJ Devils High School Hockey Player of the Month (Dec 1995) and Newark Star Ledger High School Athlete of the Week (1/31/96).

In his Junior year, he was the 3rd leading scorer in the state with 100 points (57 goals and 43 assists) and was named to the Newark Star Ledger 3rd Team All State. Pat was also selected as the American Conference Division A MVP in both 1995 and 1996. During these years, Cranford High School won the American Conference Division B championship in 1994 and American Conference Division A championship in 1996.

Pat graduated from Fairfield University in 2000 with a degree in Accounting and University of Connecticut in 2007 with a MBA in finance, and currently lives in Redwood City, CA with his wife, Jaime, and two daughters, Emma & Maddie. Pat works as a corporate controller in the software industry. He wants to extend his appreciation to his amazing teammates, coaches (especially Coach Hurley), and supportive family
& friends. And a big special thank you to his hockey loving father, George Slocum, who passed away in 2014, as he was responsible for starting the ice hockey program at Cranford High School in 1992.

Matthew Cohen had the honor of playing for Hall of Fame Coach, Harvey Cohen who is his father. In 1993, Matthew began his 4-year varsity career as a freshman and became a more consistent contributor his sophomore season, when Chatham High School was defeated by Montclair in overtime in the 1st Public State Championships after the Public-Private split. Matthew Cohen scored a hat trick in his final bid for a state championship but came up short in 1996 losing 5-4 to Brick and Cindy Acropolis. That season, Matthew Cohen earned the Morris County Hockey League’s Otto Haas Memorial Award for Excellence in Leadership, Sportsmanship, and Playing Ability. In 1997, Matthew Cohen earned the Edward G. Halvorsen Memorial Award as the League’s Most Valuable Player and 1st Team All-State honors.

Matthew played club hockey during high school for the NJ Lightning and Rockets under Hall of Fame Coach, Peter Herms. In 4 years, Matthew accumulated 85 goals and 73 assists, mostly in the Mennen (A Division). Matthew continued his hockey career at Skidmore College and played for 3 seasons earning ECAC South Freshman and Player of the week honors for a hat trick against Quinnipiac University. After Skidmore College, Matthew returned to New Jersey to teach and help coach at Ridge High School with recent Hall of Fame inductee, Tim Mullin, for 2 years before moving to Virginia. The Ridge team reached the State Championship, but they were defeated in the 2004 Public Final by West Essex.

Matthew lives in Connecticut and teaches high school math. Matthew is married, has 3 children, and has a golden retriever.

Gio began his hockey career with Cranford Hockey club at age 7. He played his youth hockey for the NJ Devils Youth and New Jersey Rockets organizations. Gio led Saint Peter’s Prep in scoring from 2001-2005 finishing his career with 175 points. The program gained exceptional notoriety during the class of 2005’s tenure. Winning two conference championships, ’03, ’04. Voted 2004 North Jersey Team of the Year and earning a Nonpublic State finals appearance in 2004, the first in school history. Individual accolades include 2 time All State, 4 time All Division, 4 time All North Jersey, 2 time All Parochial and the 2004 Division MVP.

After high school Gio enjoyed a successful junior career. In 104 games he tallied 103 career points. In college he played NCAA Division III hockey splitting time between UMass Dartmouth and Salem State University. In 103 games he scored 106 career points and the Vikings played in the conference championship back to back years in 2011 and 2012. At the college level Gio received 2 All Conference selections (2011, 2012). In his Junior year he was a New England Hockey Writer’s All-Star selection for DI/DIII athletes competing in New England and an All American finalist senior year.

Gio is still active in the hockey community and spends his winters skating with the Beacon Hill Club in Summit, NJ. He is married to his lovely wife Natalia and they have two children, Olivia and Luca

Cory Robinson grew up in Brooklyn, New York playing hockey for the Greater New York Stars before he moved on to play in Long Island with the Skateland Arrows. He played high school hockey for Xaverian High School helping lead the team as their starting goalie to their 1st NY City Championship in 1985. In 1990 he would be the first hockey player inducted into the Xaverian High School Hall of Fame.

He continued his college career at St.John's University under the legendary coach Buzz DeChamps from 1985 to 1989. He began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at his Alma Mater Xaverian High School. In 1990 he would accept an Assistant Coaching position at Hudson Catholic High School where he would work under his cousin and coaching mentor Peter Jerabeck. In 1991 he would be promoted to the head coaching position at Hudson Catholic.

During his tenure, he was selected as Star Ledger Coach of the year in 1999. During his time there he would be assisted by Frank McGady and Dave Metcalfe coaching the Hawks for 10 seasons helping lead the program to 3 division titles, 3 Cup Championships and the Parochial and State Championship in 2000. In 2003 he took over coaching at Fair Lawn High School helping lead the team to three division titles and a Cup Championship. During his time at Fair Lawn he was selected Bergen County Ice Hockey Coach of the Year. In 2003 he was appointed Director of Youth Hockey for the Town of Secaucus which is a position he still holds. In 2006 he left coaching high school hockey to take over as the Athletic Director at Fair Lawn High School. Additionally he currently holds the position as hockey liaison for the Big North Conference and also serves as the Tournament Director for the Bergen County, Big North and NJSIAA State Tournaments.

Cory lives in Secaucus with his number one supporter and wife Colette and his children Richard (19), Cory (16) and Brody (11) who also share his passion for the sport. Special thanks to my parents, family, coaches and players who made my career so memorable and this accomplishment possible.

Born and raised in Bayonne, Dave played on the 1986 Inaugural Bayonne High School Hockey Team. Working as a skate guard at the Rich Korpi Ice Rink, he officiated his 1st game as a (non certified) referee. One night a group of players showed up but didn’t have someone to “drop the puck,” and he was hooked .

Refereeing many youth hockey games, learning from Joe Pelliccio, Jay Butterfield and Bob Triebe, some of the best around, he enjoyed each and every game. Getting noticed on the local front, in 1989, he was tested by Paul McInnis, Bob Vietor, and Mike Nardello, and accepted into the Metro NY-NJ NIHOA Chapter.

After playing baseball at St.Peter’s College 1988-92, and a brief coaching career at BHS (with John DeCarlo). Dave attended all of the USA Hockey Development Camps, working the USHL, CHL, ECHL, AHL, IIHF, ECAC, & NCAA, assigned playoffs & finals in all, along with 5 straight NCAA 
Frozen Four National Championships. He was assigned to IIHF Tournaments in Mexico, Japan, Hungary, Russia, and Germany working the U18 and Men’s World Championship Gold Medal Games.

Not interfering with his real job as a Captain with the Bayonne Fire Department, his passion within the hockey community was as strong as ever. Under the tutelage of William Sidun, he became an assignor, 1st Vice President ‘06, & President 2007-2016 of NIHOA. Dave’s 27 years as a high school official were very successful, working many League & State Championship games, and now inducted into the NJ High School Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.

David is enjoying retirement with his wife Donna and daughters Kaitlyn & Kiersten.