Nashville, Tenn. (September 14, 2022) – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today several appointments to the team’s hockey operations staff ahead of the 2022-23 season.
“I’m proud to announce the latest additions to our ever-growing hockey operations staff prior to the start of this season’s training camp,” Poile said. “Alongside our homegrown management staff of Assistant General Managers Jeff Kealty, Scott Nichol and Brian Poile, these individuals all bring different, valuable and innovative skillsets to a group that is dedicated each day to bringing a Stanley Cup to Nashville. We are excited to see how they complement each other and work on and off the ice to make our entire organization better.”
Sebastien Bordeleau has joined Head Coach John Hynes’ staff as a Skills Coach. Entering his fourth season with the organization, he had previously served as Forward Development Coach from 2019-22, assisting Nichol in following and evaluating forward prospects drafted and signed by Nashville, helping them with their maturation process into NHL players by focusing on nutrition, off – ice workouts and conditioning, practice habits and game performance. Bordeleau spent three seasons with the Predators as a forward from 1998-01, where he tallied 68 points (28g-40a) in 146 games, including 40 (16g-24a) during the franchise’s inaugural campaign in 1998-99. Since 2014, he has also worked as a skills and skating coach for the Canadian Women’s National Hockey Team.
Nathan Gerbe has been hired to replace Bordeleau as the team’s Forward Development Coach. He will assist Nichol in following and evaluating forward prospects drafted and signed by Nashville, helping them with their maturation process into NHL players by focusing on nutrition, off-ice workouts and conditioning, practice habits and game performance. A veteran of 13 professional seasons, Gerbe played parts of 11 campaigns in the NHL with Buffalo, Carolina and Columbus, tallying 151 points (63g-88a) in 435 games. He closed out his playing career with the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters from 2017-21, serving as captain for two seasons; He also skated two seasons in the Swiss league from 2016-18. In addition to being a two-time AHL All-Star and the AHL Rookie of the Year in 2008-09, Gerbe earned numerous awards prior to turning pro. He was named NCAA Tournament MVP en route to a national championship with Boston College as a junior in 2007-08; that same season, he also helped the Eagles win the Hockey East as conference tournament MVP, recorded the most goals (35) and points (68) among all Division I skaters and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award. Internationally, the Oxford, Mich., native represented the United States several times, including at the 2005 World U-18 Championship, where he won gold; at the 2004 World U-18 Championship, earning silver; and at two World Junior Championships, taking home bronze in 2007.
Former NHL player Brett Carson has joined Kealty’s staff as a North American Amateur Scout, working in the western part of the United States and Canada. The 36-year-old played 16 seasons of professional hockey from 2006-22, including parts of five campaigns in the NHL with Carolina and Calgary, tallying 13 points (2g-11a) and posting a +8 rating in 90 games. A defenseman from Regina, Sask., Carson spent the previous nine years in Europe, skating four seasons in the Finnish Liiga; three in Austria; and one in the Swedish Hockey League, Slovakian league and German second league. Carson also played seven seasons in the AHL, recording 127 points (25g-102a) in 321 games.
Ronda Engelhardt has also joined the scouting staff as a North American Amateur Scout based out of Minnesota. The first female scout in team history, she comes to the Predators organization after serving as head coach of the Premier Hockey Federation’s Minnesota Whitecaps for four seasons from 2018-22, winning the Isobel Cup as league champions in 2018-19. Prior to her time with the Whitecaps, Engelhardt was the women’s hockey head coach at the Breck School, a Minnesota high school, from 2013-18 and was an assistant coach on the women’s team at the University of St. Thomas (Division III) for four seasons from 2003-07. A former US Women’s National Hockey Team player, the Roseville, Minn., native captained the University of Minnesota as a senior in 2002-03 and concluded her collegiate playing career with 167 points (60g-107a) in 147 games. She won the national title during her freshman season and as a junior in 2001-02 led the Golden Gophers to the WCHA regular-season title and earned several conference honors, including Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, All-WCHA First. Team and Tournament MVP.
After spending the previous 17 seasons as strength coach of the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals, Jason Nordby will move to the Predators to become the Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach and Biometrics Coordinator. Working under Predators Strength & Conditioning Coach David Good, he will assist with the team’s entire strength and conditioning programs and track player biometric performance during games, practices and off-ice workouts. During his time with Milwaukee, the team made the Calder Cup Playoffs 13 times, finishing first in their division on five occasions.
Michael Bingham joins the Predators’ equipment staff as Equipment Coordinator under Head Equipment Manager Pete Rogers and Assistant Equipment Manager Brad Peterson. This will be his first season with the NHL team after working the 2021-22 campaign as Milwaukee’s assistant equipment manager. Before the season, Bingham served as equipment manager for the USHL’s Tri-City Storm.
Rounding out the additions in Nashville, the 2022-23 season will be Jon Sherman’s first with the organization as the Hockey Operations Coordinator and Analyst. He will work alongside Hockey Operations Coordinator Alexis Bazydola, who was hired last season out of the University of Connecticut after previously interning in the Predators’ hockey operations department. Along with his primary duties, which involve player research and database management, he will assist Hockey Analytics and Operations Manager Matt Hamann and Research and Data Development Engineer Dalton Linkus in Nashville’s analytics department and help in an administrative capacity. Sherman previously worked in various roles with the Washington Capitals, Arizona Coyotes, Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL), Dartmouth University (ECAC) and Boston University (Hockey East).
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