Personnel

Dennis Vickers

Director, Player Personnel
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Dennis Vickers joined the NAHL as the Director of Player Personnel on June 13, 2022, and oversees all player personnel and scouting initiatives for the NAHL and NA3HL, in addition to being the Director of the NAPHL. After his playing career ended at Saint Mary's University in Minnesota, Vickers attended Miami (OH) University. At Miami University, Vickers served as a Graduate Assistant where he coached the ACHA team and worked closely with the team and staff of the NCAA Division I program. After going to back-to-back ACHA National Tournaments and completing his master's degree in Sport Behavior and Performance (Sport Psychology), he moved to Nashville to take over as Director of Hockey Operations for the Nashville Predators Youth Organization. Vickers is a USA Hockey Level IV coach and has coached every level from youth hockey to college. He has also worked a variety of USA Hockey National Select Camps and worked with USA Hockey's Youth Development staff.

Craig Barnett

Director, NCAA Compliance and Education
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Craig Barnett provides NCAA Education and Compliance resources for the NAHL, NA3HL, and NAPHL. Barnett's experience and relationships in the college hockey world provides a unique perspective to coaches and players in the NAHL family of leagues looking to gain opportunities at the next level.

Barnett played college hockey at Plattsburgh (NY) State University in which he was a member of the 1987 NCAA Championship team. He was also named to their all-decade team (1985-1994) and was the university's Student-Athlete of the year in 1989.

Barnett then played professionally in the New York Ranger organization for two years before entering the coaching ranks. Barnett started the hockey program at the University of Findlay (OH) in 1995 and took that program from club status to the NCAA I level as a charter member of the CHA (College Hockey America).

In 2002, Barnett became the Hockey Director and Assistant Athletic Director at Lake Forest Academy, a prestigious boarding school on the north shore of Chicago. Barnett then became the Director of Athletics at Becker College in Worcester, MA where he was instrumental in starting their NCAA III hockey, football and lacrosse programs. Two years later, Barnett landed the Director of Athletics position at Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA where he was responsible for 24 NCAA II varsity sports as well as their 2 NCAA I hockey programs.

In 2011, Barnett was named the Commissioner of the American Lacrosse Conference, a league who had won seven of the past nine NCAA I Championships before being absorbed by the Big Ten conference in 2014. This past year, Barnett became the Commissioner of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association, a NCAA I/II league whose conference member Loyola University has won the past 2 NCAA Championships.

Craig Barnett was named Executive Director of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) in 2018 and continues to serve in that role today.

Tiffany Levesque

Manager, Administration
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Tiffany Levesque has been with the NAHL since the 2022-23 season. Levesque serves as the event manager and administrative lead for the NAHL Combines and NAPHL. She is instrumental in the planning and execution of all events across the three leagues.

Prior to joining the NAHL, Tiffany spent four seasons with the Maine Nordiques (NAHL) in conjunction with their home rink, The Colisee, as Director of Operations, located in Lewiston, ME. Tiffany started as an intern for the Nordiques in their inaugural season (2019-2020), working in game day operations and production. She was hired full time in October 2020. Tiffany's role entailed, but not limited to, handling daily operations for the rink, game day operations for NAHL and Academy teams, broadcast production, representative for the Nordiques youth program, billet coordinator, scheduling, and marketing.

Tiffany graduated from the University of Hartford with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture.

Christian Larson

Manager, Digital Media
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Christian Larson has been with the NAHL since 2022-23 Season. Larson is the lead video editor, producing all weekly video features and collaborating on all league long form videos. Larson shoots video and still photography across all three leagues and oversees League graphic design. Larson has been instrumental in the evolution of the League social media channels and is tracks alumni and team media performance.

Previously, Christian served the role as Gameday Content Intern for the NAHL, with duties that include writing stories of player advancement, filming live coverage of NAHL events, and posting on social media.

Prior to the NAHL, Christian worked for Wave Sports + Entertainment as a content manager, creating and posting digital media content to social media channels.

Originally from Fargo, North Dakota, he graduated from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota with a Bachelor of Arts in Strategic Communications in the fall of 2021.

Kendall Hanley

Director, Officiating
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Kendall Hanley was named the full-time Manager of Officiating of the NAHL and Director of Officiating for the NAPHL in March 2022. Hanley has spearheaded in the development of the NAHL Next Shift initiative and the NAHL Officiating Exposure Camps.

Hanley currently serves as an officiating coach for the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Hanley's career began in 2007 during which she has officiated games at the local, district, national, professional, and international level. Her national experience spans NCAA DI and DIII (WCHA. MIAC, WIAC), Junior leagues (USHL, NAHL, NA3HL) and men's and women's professional hockey leagues (AHL, CWHL, PHF, PWHPA). On the international side, Hanley has officiated numerous tournaments around the world for the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), including the 2019 U18 Women's World Championship in Slovakia (Bronze Medal Game), the 2021 Women's World Championship in Canada (Bronze Medal Game), and most recently the Women's Ice Hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, China where she was selected to work the Gold Medal Game.

Hanley has broken down numerous barriers for women in the officiating world. She was the first woman to work at the NAHL Robertson Cup Championship, in addition to two NAHL Top Prospects Tournaments (2021, 2019). She was one of the first four female officials to work at an NHL Prospect Tournament (2019, Traverse City, Michigan), and was additionally selected to work the 2021 NHL Prospect Tournament in Tampa Bay. In December, she became the first female to officiate a professional hockey game in Wisconsin, as part of the AHL's first class of ten female officials. She was the first woman to earn the 2021 Ben Allison Award, given annually to an official in the USA Hockey Officiating Developmental Program, and in 2023, was the recipient of the annual USA Hockey Jamie Huntly-Park Award.

A Raleigh, North Carolina native, Hanley found her passion for officiating after completing her four-year NCAA playing career for the Elmira College Soaring Eagles and Oswego State Lakers. She currently resides in Minnesota.

Ava Cruchon

Manager, Media and Design
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Ava Cruchon joined the NAHL in October of 2024.

Prior to joining the NAHL, Cruchon worked for the Tulsa Drillers (Double-A Affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers) as their Video Production Assistant for two seasons. In this role, she was featured on the in-house video and radio broadcasts for live updates and post-game interviews, while managing and creating the sponsored in-stadium video board graphics.

Ava is originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and graduated from Oklahoma City University with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications: Multimedia Journalism & Broadcast Production.

Brittany Hart

Coordinator, Digital Media and Communications
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Brittany Hart joined the NAHL staff during the 2023-2024 season. Hart is the lead on the NA3HL and NAPHL media efforts and serves as the host of the NA3HL 3Show and the NAPHL T1ER Tonight video features.

Prior to the NAHL, Hart spent 3 seasons with Lovell Hockey, a youth umbrella containing six organizations operating within Massachusetts. Brittany served as the Social Media Coordinator for all six organizations with her primary duties being graphic design, photography, website upkeep and content creation.

Hart began working in the hockey industry back in 2017 as an intern with the Eastern Hockey League (EHL). Her role evolved from social media and game day operation to the league's sole rink side reporter and content creator.

Brittany graduated from Bridgewater State University in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in strategic communications.

Ian McCambridge

Coordinator, Officiating

Ian McCambridge joined the NAHL in 2023 and works to support the NAHL, NA3HL and NAPHL officiating programs.

McCambridge's officiating career saw him skate Division One Collegiate Hockey (Big Ten, CCHA), professional hockey (AHL, ECHL, SPHL), a world championship with the International Ice Hockey Federation, three NHL Rookie Tournaments, and the United States Hockey League where he was selected to work the 2015 Clark Cup Finals.

McCambridge got his start officiating twenty-two years ago. The Indiana native has served as an on-ice official within the North American Hockey League beginning in 2007 as both a referee and a linesman. His time in the NAHL saw him work three Robertson Cup Finals and two Top Prospects Tournaments.

McCambridge has a passion for officiating as he still runs local referee seminars, assigns youth hockey referees, and helps mentor the next generation of officials on the local level.

T1ER Competition Committee Members

The T1ER Competition Committee is made of up very experienced and committed individuals and organizations. This group supports the development and exposure initiatives that have helped advance so many players over the years. We thank them for their commitment, their constant feedback and all they have contributed to our sport over the years.