Apr 17, 2017 | DaveB | 978 views
NCP 2003 Coaching Announcement
NCP 2003 is excited to welcome Luke Dubbin to our coaching staff. We know that he will be a tremendous addition to our team.
Luke played in the Midland Minor Hockey system winning the Atom OMHA Championship in 1996‐97 and the Peewee OMHA Championship in 1998‐99.
At 16 he moved to Orillia to play Junior Hockey for a Rama based team and the remainder of his secondary schooling was completed at the Patrick Fogarty Catholic High School.
Luke played two years for the Couchiching Terriers of the Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League.
He was drafted 45th overall by the Plymouth Whalers. Opting not to jeopardize his education options, in 2003 he choose to attend Western Michigan University where he played in four NCAA Division 1 games. He then chose to play for the Sudbury Wolves of the OHL, a team who had earlier traded for his rights from the Plymouth Whalers. Luke played 101 games over two seasons. When his OHL career finished, he used the OHL education package to enroll at Wilfrid Laurier University where he played his first year of eligibility with the Milton Icehawks of the OPJHL.
For the following three seasons, 2006 through to 2009, he played 63 games with the WLU varsity team, the ‘Hawks”. During the 2007‐08 campaign they were Western Division Champs with a 22‐5‐3 record and won the Ontario University Athletic Association Silver at the Queens Cup. At the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Nationals, the Hawks suffered a loss in the Semi Finals in the 3rd overtime period against the host team from Moncton. Throughout his university career Luke volunteered to assist in the schools recruitment program for potential players; therefore, in his final year of university, and with his playing career over, Luke was asked to go behind the bench as an Assistant Coach thereby getting his first taste of coaching.
After graduating and receiving a teacher’s certificate, and securing teaching employment in Midland, Luke started coaching in the Midland Minor Hockey system. He was the coach of the Midland Centennials Bantam Rep Team from 2011 through to 2013, leading them to the OMHA finals and being named Coach of the Year in both seasons. In the 2013‐14 hockey season, Luke was the Coach for the Midland Flyers Junior ‘C’ hockey club before moving up to fill the role of Assistant General Manager.
He is excited to help these young men advance further in their hockey journey.