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Larry served as General Manager at Vacaville Ice Sports for 12 years, where he oversaw all aspects of rink and hockey operations. Most recently, he managed all amateur hockey for the Florida Panthers at both the Baptist Health Iceplex and their new training facility and the Panthers IceDen. Over the years, Larry has held leadership positions with many youth hockey programs some of his former programs include La Jolla Jaguars, San Diego Jr Gulls, Vacaville Jets, Golden State Elite and Florida Jr Panthers. Larry’s tenor with San Jose Jr Sharks led to 2 National Championship appearances winning a silver and a bronze medal.

The Lady Royals Girls hockey program is extremely excited to introduce Meghan Toomey as the programs Hockey Director. Meghan has an extensive background both as a player and a coach and will be an integral part of growing girls hockey and developing the Lady Royals program as one of the top girls programs in the Atlantic District. Meghan played four years of NCAA Division I hockey at St-Lawrence University where she was inducted into the St-Lawrence University Hall of Fame in 2017. After college, Meghan played professional hockey in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) and she finished her professional playing career in Lugano, Switzerland. Meghan's coaching resume includes; Assistant Coach of Colgate University NCAA Division I, Head Coach of Kents Hill School, Head Coach of Junior Flyers 8U and 12U and currently coaches at the Hill School in Pottstown, PA where she also serves as the Associate Director of College Counseling. The Lady Royals are thrilled to grow the game of girls hockey under Meghan's leadership.

Kara has been skating since this age of 3 & has been part of the Colonial Skating Club for the past 20 years. She is a USFS Gold Medalist in Skating Skills, Pre Gold in Dance & has competed in many competitions over the years in freestyle. She has been a Silver & Bronze Medalist at Keystone State Games & a Gold Medalist at Philadelphia Areas Championship. Kara works with skaters from beginner to adult including our hockey Tier 1 teams & players. She was involved with the development of the Colonial Accelerated Program & Hockey Initiative Classes as well as our figure skating camps & clinics. As skate director she has facilitated all of our Learn to Skate Programs & freestyle sessions helping our rink achieve being ranked #7 and #3 in the state over the last 2 years. She is a member of USFS, PSA & earned a degree in psychology. Kara also organizes and oversees birthday parties & events at our facility.

Bio Patrick grew up in Rauma, Finland and started playing hockey at a very young age. He moved to the United States and played for the Valley Forge Minutemen AAA and Malvern Prep High School. He returned to Finland after graduating from Malvern to play Junior Hockey where he spent the next 3 seasons. After Juniors, Patrick spent some time playing in North America in the FPHL and the LNAH semi-professional leagues. He finished his playing career overseas in Sweden playing professionally for Hallefors IK and Grums IK. This is now his second season working for the Wintersport Royals organization serving as assistant hockey director and coach. He coached the Royals 12U A team to a silver division championship in his first year as a coach. This season he is coaching the Royals 13U AA team.