Warriors Hockey Staff

Arapahoe Youth Hockey is happy to announce that Alex Netreba will be returning as the Head Coach of the Warriors 10UAA team for the 2023-2024 season. Alex is currently the Skills Coordinator and Director of Player Development for the Warriors Travel Program and was the 14UAA Head Coach in 2021. A native of Ukraine, Alex represented his country as a member of the U18 World Junior Championship (D1B). Alex moved to Colorado to expand his opportunities in hockey and played a significant role on the 2016-2017 Colorado Thunderbirds 18UAAA team that competed in the National Tournament.

Alex's background and experience in youth hockey is extensive. Beginning in 2017, Alex has a found passion mentoring youth players and helping them create new skill sets in an encouraging environment. His commitment to player development for the WARRIOR program will be instrumental in leading the Squirt Division as well as our entire group of players on and off the ice.

Arapahoe Warriors Travel Hockey Director Kelly Hollingshead will be returning as the 12UAA coach for the 2023-2024 season. 

With over 20 years of youth hockey coaching experience in Colorado, coach Hollingshead is very excited to be back behind the bench in pursuit of another successful season.

A native of Saskatchewan, Coach Hollingshead played youth, Tier 1 AAA and Junior hockey before accepting a scholarship to play at the University of Denver in 1992. Alongside fellow Arapahoe and Thunderbirds coaches and leadership, Garret Buzan, Charlie Host and Angelo Ricci, the Pioneers were nationally ranked and competed in 2 NCAA tournaments. As a senior at the University of Denver coach Hollingshead was named team captain by his peers and coaches.

Throughout his coaching career, Coach Hollingshead has coached at all youth levels including 8U, 10U, 12U and 14U which also included 9 years at the 15U/18U AAA level with the Colorado Thunderbirds program. 

Matt grew up in Colorado and played for the Arapahoe Warriors and Colorado Outlaws. Following his youth career, Matt played two years of Junior hockey in Missoula, Montana for the Missoula Maulers before returning to Colorado for the 2011-2012 season to coach for the Arapahoe Warriors. During his three years of coaching in the Warriors program Coach Matt was involved with the Peewee AA, Peewee A, Bantam A and 18U teams. During his time with Arapahoe, he also coached two years with the Mountain Vista High School CHSAA team. 

Last year coach Matt led the Warriors 14UAA team to a successful season and previously spent the past 8 years with Arapahoe’s affiliate AAA Colorado Thunderbirds program as the assistant coach for the 18UAAA team along with Coach Hollingshead.

Coach Matt is excited to share his extensive knowledge with the Arapahoe Warriors Youth hockey players and continue to help all players down the path of success and help develop all players to their full potential.

We are excited to announce Coach Grant Gallo as the 2023-2024 16UAA Head Coach. Coach Grant spent last season as the assistant coach on the Quebec Qualifier and CCYHL Champion Warrior 12UAA team.

Prior to joining our program Grant played 3 years of junior hockey for the Charlotte Rush in the United States Premier Hockey League and was named the 2016 Developmental Player of the Year. In 2017 he helped his team win the USPHL National Championship and the 2018 USPHL National Runner-Up. In 2018 he earned All USPHL First Team honors as well as nomination for League Defenseman of the year. 

Following a successful Junior Hockey career Grant played 4 years of College Hockey for Nazareth College NCAA Div III, where he was the assistant captain during his senior season and received the 2022 Nazareth College Coaches Award.