Canadian born Dave Piromalli played College hockey for SUNY Plattsburgh in the late 1980's. During that time Dave was the team captain and lead Plattsburgh to win their first NCAA DIII National Championship. To date Dave still holds several scoring records at Plattsburgh and in the spring of 2009 was inducted into the Plattsburgh hall of fame. Aftergraduating with a Psychology degree he continued his hockey career by playing professionally in the Swedish Elite League for two years. This will be Dave's first year with the team and will bring a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience. Dave currently is the North East National Accounts Divisional Vice President of Sales for Automatic Data Processing.

Chris joins the Stony Brook coaching staff after playing over 15 years of professional hockey. Chris was born and raised in Port Jefferson, NY and played his youth hockey on Long Island. In 1992 Chris was drafted by the New York Rangers in the fourth round and 85th overall. After being drafted Chris went to University of Maine where he won an NCAA DI National Championship in his first year. In 1994 he joined the USA Hockey Olympic team and represented the U.S. in Norway. After playing in the Olympics he began his illustrious professional hockey career. During his 15 years of playing professional hockey he played for the New York Rangers, New York Islanders, Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Washington Capitals. Since Chris retired from the game both him and his brother Peter have opened a successful skating school called Ferraro Brothers Elite Hockey, where they teach power skating and hockey techniques.

With his second season at Stony Brook, Pete is an Alumni of Stony Brook University and wore Seawolves Red as a player on the 1989/1990 team.. As a player, Pete was a hard hitting defenseman whose efforts were known on and off the ice. In his Senior season, Pete joined the college newspaper, The Statesman, as a journalist and photographer with the sole responsibility of covering Seawolves Hockey. Today, that tradition continues. Pete’s hockey extends to participating in countless adult hockey programs in the New York Metropolitan area. Pete was Head Coach for a Youth Travel Hockey program and he coaches the Comsewogue High School Freshman and Junior Varsity programs. Pete’s recent experience in the youth hockey programs of Long Island should bode well in Stony Brooks continued desire to bring the best players possible into our program. Pete holds a BA in Political Science & an MS in Technological Systems Management from Stony Brook University in addition to a MBA from Dowling College. In 10 years of employment at Cablevision, Pete has risen to the position of Vice President of Technical Support for High Speed Data and Voice Over IP products and services.

P: (410) 984-9401

E: rbackman@hotmail.com

Recruit Coordinator & Lead Scout for SUNY Stony Brook. Roy is an Alum and responsible for attracting skilled and accomplished talent while coordinating player visit days, recruit weekends and the application process with student athlete prospects. Being a member of American Hockey Coaches Association and USA Hockey, Roy has attained a level 5 master coaching credential. Roy previously has worked as head coach in youth hockey, assistant coach at a prep school and assistant coach/player development at an ACHA College D2 team. Coach Backman brings years of experience and is a welcome addition to the Seawolves this season. Backman hails from Bethpage - Long Island, played high school hockey with the Bethpage Eagles and graduated SUNY Stony Brook, BS Geology. After receiving an MS from Adelphi University, Roy relocated to Annapolis, Maryland where he currently resides. He is employed as an environmental consultant while coaching/ scouting hockey players and playing adult hockey.

P: (917) 662-4941
E: bri8903@yahoo.com