Head Coach Anthony Rohde has added another local to his coaching staff as Jeramy Greenwood joins Assistant Coaches Colin Trulock out of Baraboo and former player Dan Smolen, a Beaver Dam native.
All three will be in their first full season as Ducks coaches.
Greenwood helped with the team a bit last season and while his focus will remain primarily on the RWD varsity and junior varsity teams when they hit the ice, he will give the Ducks as much time as he can as both an assistant coach and scout this season.
A product of the former Reedsburg Polars and a four-year player with the Reedsburg and BRH programs while in high school, Greenwood returned to the community after a four-year college run that included playing NCAA level soccer.
A soft spoken but well-informed coach, Greenwood said his primary responsibilities with RWD were partnering with Mike Welch to focus on the defense.
Greenwood will start the season with the Ducks and then add the RWD cap when they hit the ice I early November.
By Jim den Hollander Ediitor/Publisher Saukhockey.info For the first time since the team’s first season, Wisconsin Dells residents will have one of their own to cheer for on the Dells Ducks this season.
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Several local players have spent time with the Ducks before and after like Baraboo defenseman Brett McCutchin or forward Adam Stanton. Also, Sean Teske, a Reedsburg native played parts of three seasons on the blue line with the Ducks and remains one of the top scoring in team history playing at the same time as Reedsburg goaltender Tyler Arneson there have been others as well. But John Scott, who recently signed with the Ducks for the upcoming season is the first Dells resident to wear the angry bird on his chest since the first season when Josh Krueger came aboard for the second half of the team’s inaugural season. Scott has been a fixture at local ice rinks since the age of two and he has been a team leader on most of the youth teams with his father Ben as the man behind the bench. In four seasons with RWD, Scott has been a solid and consistent scoring threat. In the past two seasons he has not missed any of the team’s 24 regular season contests. He has racked up 35 goals and 57 points along with 108 penalty minutes. As a player, Scott is not just ok wading into the dirtier areas on top of the crease or in the corners, he relishes that physical game. The game is generally called tighter at the varsity level than the junior level so there is a good chance Scott is more suited for the junior game and will shine as a power forward for the Ducks. Last weekend Scott joined the Ducks at a pre-season exhibition tournament in Coon Rapids, MN and he fit in nicely with the rest of the 2023-24 returners and hopefuls. While he is at his best in the crease battles, Scott is a 200-foot player and able to support the defense in his own end, whether helping clear the crease or finishing a breakout play and moving the puck out of danger. A soft-spoken forward, Scott generally does his talking with his play on the ice. When the team opens the regular season at Fogerty Ice House in Blaine, MN, Scott will make a little local history as he becomes the first Dells’ player to be in the lineup for a season’s opening contest. Josh Krueger played defense for the Dells/Delton Blades and was a part of the RWD’s OG crew back in 2011. He made his presence felt with a point a game average in his brief stint with the Ducks. Scott could put up similar or better numbers when he suits up for the first time in a few weeks.
John Scott flipped this shot against Kaden Stracke of the Sauk Prairie Eagles in WIAA action this past season. Scott recently became the second Dells resident to sign with the Dells Ducks and will join the team for the 2023-24 USPHL Premier League regular season. Photo Courtesy Jessica Othmer
Other locals
While Scott will debut with the Ducks in a few weeks, former teammate Trevor Slaght, also a Dells resident, will join the Chicago Cougars for a second season. Unfortunately, the pair will not cross paths this season unless they cross paths at either the Blaine, MN or Detroit, MI Showcase tournament. Former division rivals, the teams have continued to meet despite Chicago’s move to the Midwest-East Division of the USPHL Premier League several seasons ago, last year meeting at the Chicago Showcase tournament.
The Schweda brothers, Luke (’04) and Burke (’06) both suited up for the Steele County Blades (Owatonna, MN) team at the exhibition tournament last weekend.
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