Coach Bruce is our Girls Hockey Director and is going on 12 years with the Chiefs. Coach Turpin was born and raised in Canada playing hockey and is a Level 5 USA Hockey certified coach with over 20 years of head coaching experience. Bruce’s coaching background includes an 8-year tenure as the York High School Hockey Director and Varsity Head Coach, as well as time with the Chicago Blues, Northbrook Bluehawks, Winnetka Warriors, Loyola Academy, and CYA Girls hockey. He is also currently the Girls Hockey Director and Varsity Head Coach for the Chicago Central Girls Hockey Club. Coach Turpin will be working on player development with all of the teams. We look forward to having Bruce use his experience to improve the skills of our coaching staff and players.

Coach Marc was born in Ottawa, Ontario and grew up playing AA youth hockey throughout Ontario. He moved to the states for college and played ACHA hockey at MIT in Cambridge, MA with 4 straight NECHA finals appearances, 2 championships and 2 years as Co-Captain and Captain. After graduation, he moved to Chicago and embarked on his Men's league career at various levels at Johnny's Ice House. After jumpstarting his daughters' interest in hockey through Learn to Play, Coach Marc began his coaching career at Squirts for the Chiefs in 2021. In the years since, he has coached both Coed and Girls, 8U through 12U. Now a level 4 USA Hockey certified coach, Coach Marc helped lead the 2024-2025 1OU girls to a NIHL championship!

Coach Dave was born in upstate New York and grew up playing youth hockey in Connecticut and Iowa before playing ACHA DII hockey at the University of Pennsylvania. He began his coaching career with the Evanston Wildkits program, where he coached teams at the Peewee and Bantam levels, eventually becoming Varsity Head Coach for the Evanston Girls Hockey High School team. With small kids of his own learning to skate, he took a break from the bench, before returning to coach with the Oak Park Ice Bears and last year as head coach of the Chiefs 12U girls team. As a Level 4 USA Hockey certified coach, he emphasizes skill development, hockey awareness, and continuing to build a love for the game, as core pieces of his coaching philosophy.

Brad started playing hockey at the age of 5 in Janesville, Wisconsin. He continued his hockey career through high school at J.A. Craig Senior High where he captained the Varsity team his Junior and Senior years. He was named to the All - Big 8 Conference Team two times, and was also a State Champion and All Sate in Track in the 4 x 400 relay. After high school, He played college hockey at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. Coach Brad started coaching in 2003 with the Glen Ellyn Flames Coaching Mite thru Squirt. He then joined the Bruins in Year one, helping run the Jr. Bruins and coaching his sons Squirt and Pee Wee teams as well as serving on Board of Directors. While at the Bruins he has coached Mites thru Midgets at NIHL and CSDHL coaching several Championship teams. Brad is a USA Hockey certified Level 4 coach and referee. Many of Coach Brads players have moved on to play junior and college hockey. His philosophy is teaching solid fundamentals, skill development and instilling the love of the game and a true passion for hockey.

Lena Flores is our goalie coach across all levels of girls' hockey. Lena played for Team Illinois AAA and Fenwick High School for all four years. Lena was the starting goalie of the Fenwick Girls High School State Championship Team in 2019 and was selected as a member of the Chicago Blackhawk Alumni All-Star Team in both 2018 and 2019. She also played Division III Hockey for Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. Coach Lena has been an excellent addition to our program and we are excited to have her start her 4th year coaching our young goalies in the girls' program and the coed program as well.

Coach Scott grew up in Sarnia, Ontario playing AAA youth and junior hockey. He then moved on play NCAA Division 1 hockey for Western Michigan University. After completing his four seasons as a goaltender, he remained with the team moving into a Graduate Assistant Coach role as he finished his master’s studies. During this time, he also coached learn to play hockey and goaltending for both youth and adult players in Kalamazoo. Upon moving to the Chicagoland area, he continued to play in various men’s leagues and has been the emergency backup goaltender for the Chicago Blackhawks for the last 8 seasons. As his daughters began playing, he returned to coaching and has been with the Oak Park Ice Bears. This will be Coach Scott's 2nd year with the Chiefs.

About Chiefs Girls Hockey - NIHL 10U/12U/14U/16U

Girls Hockey is the 3rd fastest growing team sport in the United States and the Chiefs Hockey Club is proud to offer a dedicated AA Girls Hockey Program. We fielded our first all-girls team in 2018-19 and they competed in the U10 girls NIHL-gold division finishing 19-12-4 overall, with a 3rd place finish during the NIHL regular season and then playing in the championship game of the NIHL Playoffs. Our inaugural team competed in 4 tournaments and played in the championship game of all 4.

In 2019-20, the Chiefs expanded our Girls Program to 2 teams with the continuation of our U10 team and the addition of a team at the U12 level. Both teams competed in the Northern Illinois Hockey League (NIHL) in the top girl’s tier and both made the playoffs. Our U10 team won 2 out-of-state tournaments!  

The Club expanded to U10, U12 and U14 girls teams for the fall/winter of 2020-21. While the fall/winter season of 2020-21 was met with many Covid-19 related challenges, our 3 teams all experienced great successes and found many opportunities to compete. Our U10 team finished in first place in the local Independent League. Our U12 team won 3 out-of-state tournaments including taking home the 1st place trophy against coed teams in Wisconsin Dells and Indianapolis and winning the highly-competitive South Bend Irish Girls Cup in thrilling fashion. In the 2023-2024 season our top 12U team went to the NIHL Championship game and fell short with a loss of 1-0 to finish 2nd. They also finished 3rd place in State. In the most recent 2024-2025 season our 10U team won the President's Cup, the NIHL Championship and finished 3rd place at State. Our very successful 10U team also sent 3 girls to AAA this past May.

Additional Details:

• Passion and Energy:  Chiefs Girls Hockey players love coming to the rink to skate and compete. Our coaches create a positive and motivating environment for our players where they compete at a high level while learning the game of hockey and playing with teammates that become life-long friends.  
• Cost:  Pricing for the upcoming season is listed on our registration page. Chiefs Girls Hockey is one of the best values for the money in the Chicago Suburbs for highly competitive girls' hockey. 
• Coaching:  Girls Team Coaches at all levels have extensive hockey experience. Several coaches grew up playing AAA hockey, junior hockey, and/or college hockey and they are all USA Hockey Certified. The coaching staff is led by experienced AAA Girls Hockey Director and Head Coach, Bruce Turpin.
• Commitment:  Regular season girls teams are guaranteed 40+ practices, additional skills clinics/power-skates, 18-25 NIHL league games, NIHL playoffs, State Tournament, and 2+ additional tournaments including at least 1 out-of-town tournament.
• Home Arena:  The Chiefs Hockey Club skates out of the Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville, IL.
• Social Media:  Follow our progress on Facebook and Instagram!

Questions/More Information: 

For more information or questions on Chiefs Girls Hockey including opportunities for your daughter to attend clinics, practice with, or play with our teams, please contact  Bruce Turpin at bturpin@functionalhockey.com or Ashley Romano at President@chiefshockeyclub.org.