CT Futures Cup
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Director:Gretchen Silverman
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Gretchen Silverman is the head coach of the Taft girls’ varsity hockey team. Over the past few years she has worked at various US National Development Camps and Festivals, including the U-15 camp in St. Cloud, MN, the New England District camp and the Rocky Mountain/Pacific District camp. Gretchen has served as a motivational speaker for the 2018 Women’s Olympic Team, and the US U-18 National Team. She has coached youth hockey at all levels, and is currently USA Hockey level 4 certified. In her playing days, Gretchen led Dartmouth College as a senior captain, and remains the program’s all-time leading scorer with 189 goals and 123 assists. She helped team USA capture its first Olympic Gold Medal in 1998.
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Head Coaches:
Danielle Blanchard
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Danielle was a two-time national champion and four-time All-American at Plattsburgh State from 2005-09. She has served as an assistant coach at Yale since 2019. In 2008, she earned the Laura Hurd Award as the top Division III women’s hockey player in the nation.
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Laura DiCarlo
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Laura currently serves as the head coach of the girls' varsity hockey team at Choate. Prior to Choate, she spent the previous seven years working in admissions and coaching at The Winchendon School. Laura graduated from the Williston Northampton School in 2008, and then went on to play at Division III Hamilton College. She served as team captain and received the scholar-athlete award in her senior year. Laura holds a USA Hockey Level 4 coaching certification and has worked at numerous US National and District Development Camps.
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Shannon Doyle
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Shannon played hockey at Boston University and graduated in 2015 with an M.Ed. and BA. She has captained the Connecticut Whale for four seasons (two as an assistant and two as captain). Doyle is the Head Girls Coach at the Greenwich Country Day School, where she teaches English, and is the Director of Girls Hockey at Greenwich Skating Club.
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Jamie Goldsmith
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Jamie currently serves as the assistant girls’ varsity hockey coach at Berkshire. Jamie graduated from the National Sports Academy in 2009 as the Salutatorian. She went on to play at St. Lawrence University, winning the 2012 ECAC Championship, and advancing to the NCAA Tournament. She served as team captain in 2013. Jamie has played for the CT Whale of the NWHL from 2017-2019. After graduating from SLU, Jamie served as assistant coach for Plymouth State University, and in the Northern Cyclones Organization from 2014-2017, before coaching at the Frederick Gunn School. In 2021, she joined the Berkshire community.
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Sarah graduated from Elmira College in 2018, where she played both hockey and lacrosse. With the hockey team she competed in the NCAA Championship tournament each year. During her senior year she was recognized as an ACHA/CCM First team All-American, the UCHC Player of the year and tournament MVP, and Elmira College's Female Athlete of the Year. She graduated from the Frederick Gunn School in 2014. She played two seasons for the CT Whale and was awarded the Foundation Award. Hughson has served as the assistant coach for the girls’ varsity hockey and lacrosse teams at Choate, and is currently coaching for the Greenwich Country Day School.
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Abbie Ives
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Abbie finished her Quinnipiac career as the starting goalie and assistant captain, earning a career 14 shutouts. She was named her team’s MVP in her senior season. She currently plays for the CT Whale.
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Madie Leidt
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Madie is currently one of the most prolific players in the NESCAC league. As a student at the Taft School, Madie was a tri-varsity captain for a total of six years, leading the soccer, hockey and softball teams in both her junior and senior years.
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Lisa Marshall
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Lisa Marshall joined Berkshire after leading Vermont Academy to the 2018 New England Preparatory School Athletic Council Division II Championship. Prior to coaching the Wildcats, Coach Marshall served as an assistant coach at Rochester Institute of Technology and Penn State University, where she was responsible for all recruiting efforts, practice planning, and implementation. A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Elmira College, Ms. Marshall was named to the College Hockey America Academic All-Star Team, the ECAC West All-Academic Team and helped Elmira win a National Championship in 2013.
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Sue Merz
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As a member of the U.S. Women’s National Hockey Team from 1990-2002, Sue Merz was a defensemen on the first U.S. Olympic Women’s Hockey Team. Winning Olympic Gold (Nagano ’98) and Silver (Salt Lake City ’02) and six Silver World Championships, Sue has been one of the pioneers that elevated women’s hockey globally. Along with her gold medal teammates, she was inducted into the USA Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009. Sue played hockey at the University of New Hampshire (’90-’94) winning a national championship in 1991 and was a member of the Connecticut Polar Bears Girls’ Midget National Championship team the previous year. Today, Sue is a successful territory sales manager in the surgical device space but is never too far from a youth hockey practice or pickup pond hockey game. Her unwavering drive for business success and dedication to girl’s athletics has brought her many local and national “Hall of Fame” accolades.
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Molly O'Sullivan
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Molly is the Associate Director of Admission at Canterbury and the Girls’ Varsity Ice Hockey Head Coach. Previously, she worked at The Hun School, NJ where she taught history and psychology and coached field hockey, ice hockey, and lacrosse. Molly received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Salve Regina University, RI and was a member of their Division 3 Women’s Ice Hockey team. She participated in the USA Hockey Intern Coaching Program in Minnesota in 2019, and has her Level 3 USA Hockey Coaching Certification. Molly is a graduate of Westminster School, CT.
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Alison Roethke
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Allison is from Buffalo, MN. She played defense for four seasons for the Bobcats, and was a three-time USA Hockey National and Select Camp participant. Allison is currently pursuing her Masters’ Degree in education.
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Elizabeth Wulf
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Wulfie graduated from Middlebury College in May 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Neuroscience. She was a four-year member of the women’s ice hockey team at Middlebury and helped lead her team to three-consecutive NESCAC titles in 2016, 2017, and 2018. Her team also qualified for the NCAA Quarterfinals all four years, including a trip to the Final Four in 2016. The Larchmont, N.Y. native attended The Hotchkiss School, where she played ice hockey, soccer, and lacrosse and was captain of the ice hockey and soccer teams her senior year. After serving as an assistant coach at Wesleyan, she joined the UConn coaching staff in 2021.
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Assistant Coaches:
Zoe Boyd
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Zoe is from Toronto, Ontario and is in her senior year at Quinnipiac, where she will be an assistant captain. She grew up playing for the Mississauga junior chiefs and represented the U18 Canadian National team in 2018.
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Meaghan Francis
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Meaghan is from Woodbridge, CT and is a senior, majoring in political science at Endicott. She was selected as the two-time MVP at Amity Regional High School and then went on to graduate from Wyoming Seminary School, serving as team captain her senior year. She attended the Canterbury School for a post graduate year, before heading off to Endicott.
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Ciara Halloran
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Ciara is from Madison, CT and is a graduate of The Taft School where she was a significant contributor to the varsity field hockey and ice hockey teams.
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Stephanie Proteau
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Stephanie Proteau is from Wolcott, CT and is a Marketing major. She attended Rumsey Hall School and Canterbury School prior to Franklin Pierce where she is a standout forward.
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Gabby Vitelli
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Gabby Vitelli is from Milford, CT and is a Junior Communications major at Quinnipiac, playing Defense for the Bobcats. She attended Canterbury School, anchoring her team’s defense.
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Betsy Winslow
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Betsy is from Fairfield, CT. She is a ‘21 graduate from the Westminster School where she played varsity field hockey, ice hockey and lacrosse. She attends Trinity as a recruited ice hockey player.
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Casey Winslow
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Casey is from Fairfield, CT. She is a ’21 graduate from the Westminster School where she played varsity field hockey, ice hockey and lacrosse. She attends Colby as a recruited field hockey player.
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Natalie Witkowski
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Natalie Witkowski is from Cheshire CT and played hockey and lacrosse at the Taft School where she was captain of both teams her senior year. Natalie also participated in the New England festival for 4 years. She is now continuing her hockey and academic career at Conn College where she is studying biology.
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Mackenzie Bruch
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Mackenzie Bruch served as a Graduate Assistant Coach for the Bemidji State University Women’s Team, a NCAA Division 1 team in the WCHA. She holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. Her coaching accolades are impressive as well. She has coached the USA Hockey Girl’s National 15 Camp as well as the Minnesota High Performance 15 Camp. She was a stand-out goaltender at Bemidji State University and at Culver Academy prior to her collegiate days. She currently is a goalie instructor for ProCrease.
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Caroline Silk
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Caroline Silk is a junior at Middlebury College and attended Middlesex School where she was a standout goaltender in the NEPSAC league. She serves as an instructor for ProCrease in the summer.
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