Staff

Hockey Operations

Billy McCreary

President of Hockey Operations, Head Coach, General Manager

Bill McCreary was promoted to President of Hockey Operations and named head coach of the Danbury Hat Tricks on July 11, 2022. He is also in his third season as General Manager.

A native of Southampton, Ontario, McCreary is a 9-year (2006-2015) Minor League Hockey veteran as both a player & coach. He won the 2019-20 FPHL Coach of the Year Award as head coach of the Hat Tricks.

Bill’s playing resume includes time spent with the Trenton Titans (ECHL), Huntsville Havoc (SPHL), New Mexico Scorpions (CHL) and the New Jersey Outlaws (FHL). He was part of championship teams in both Hunstville (2010) and New Jersey (2012), where he served a dual role as player-coach. Collegiately, McCreary played for Providence College (Hockey East) and Curry College (ECAC-NE).

McCreary's other coaching stops include the Watertown Wolves (FHL), East Coast Selects-Q, Portland Junior Pirates (USPHL), North Jersey Avalanche, Seacoast Spartans and the ISS Kings.

At the youth level, Bill won National, State and International Championships. He played for Shattuck-St. Mary’s Prep in Minnesota where he was linemates with current New York Islanders forward Zach Parise. He played junior hockey for the Texas Tornado (NAHL) and amassed 45 goals and 71 assists in 98 games. He was named to the All-Rookie team and a First Team All-Star that season.

McCreary has a long family history of hockey players, coaches, and General Managers. His grandfather Bill McCreary Sr., great uncle Keith McCreary, father Bill McCreary Jr. and relatives Ron and Bob Attwell played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is also related to Bill McCreary, a Hall of Fame inductee as an on-ice official in the NHL, as well as his son Mike McCreary, who officiates minor league hockey.

As an added note, Bill also works as Hockey & Coaching Director of the Western Colonials Youth Hockey program and as head coach of the Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks (NAHL).

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Bill McCreary, Sr.

Senior Advisor/Assistant Coach

Bill McCreary, Sr. was drafted in the 6th round, 114th overall, by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft. He played two seasons of hockey for Colgate University in the NCAA before signing a contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs in June 1980. He then split the 1980–81 season between the New Brunswick Hawks of the AHL and the Maple Leafs. He played 61 games in the AHL and 12 in the NHL with the Leafs that season. In those twelve games, he scored one goal, had no assists, and added four penalty minutes.

Bill McCreary is remembered for his open-ice hit on Wayne Gretzky on January 3, 1981. The hit was remarkable because it was the first time that Gretzky had been hit hard in his young career and it left Gretzky on the ice for several minutes.

Bill has coached in Michigan for the past 30 years. He has also worked in tandem with his son coaching the East Coast Selects Program, which in the past two years has seen 3 players receive commitments from the US National Development Program, as well as Division I programs such as Boston University, Boston College, Providence College, Nebraska-Omaha and more. Coach Bill has players active at every level of the sport including, junior, college and pro. Bill resides in Brighton, MI with his wife, Marianne. They are both looking forward to a successful inaugural season.

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Matt Voity

Goaltending Coach

Matt Voity is in his third season as goaltending coach for the Danbury Hat Tricks. He also was named head coach and general manager for Danbury's junior team in the North American Hockey League on July 11, 2022.

Voity was previously the goaltending coach for the Danbury Mad Hatters of the EPHL for the 2008-2009 Season.

He then worked in NCAA Division I with the AIC Yellow Jackets from 2011-2014, and again from 2016-2019. He worked with the University of Massachusetts from 2014–2016.

Voity earned his Bachelor’s Degree in psychology from Western Connecticut State University in 2003, where he was a goalie for the school’s club hockey team.

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Tyler Noseworthy

Assistant Coach

Tyler Noseworthy will once again be an assistant coach for the Danbury Hat Tricks this season. He is also the head coach for Danbury's junior team in the North American Tier III Hockey league.

The 31-year-old, who played forward in the ECHL and SPHL, helped the Danbury Whalers win the FPHL championship in 2012-13. Noseworthy had a pro career high with 50 points (23 goals, 27 assists) in 34 games that season and added 10 points (five goals, five assists) in six playoff games.

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Dave Smith

North American Scout

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Dave Smith has a lengthy resume within Minor Pro hockey. Smitty was a minority partner with the Twin City Cyclones, while also scouting for the team from 2007-2009. He then was a scout for the Augusta River Hawks from 2010-2013 and the Macon Mayhem of the SPHL from 2013-2015. Dave was also the head scout for the FHL from 2010-2018.

Doug Jones

West Coast Scout

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Doug Jones has been a long-time influence in Southern Californian hockey. A native of Cromwell, CT, he was responsible for the formative development of several NHL draft picks, NCAA D1, USHL, NAHL, OHL, WHL and professional level players. He was with the Anaheim Ducks coaching staff from 1993 - 2004 (including their first Stanley Cup final in '03). He also coached with the Danbury Whalers when they won their first FHL championship in 2013. Jones spent 10 years with the Wayne Gretzky Roller Hockey Center as Director of Hockey Development from 1997-2007. Jones will be recruiting the Pacific region, currently a hotbed of talent. He is a current USA hockey official and officiates AAA, high school and collegiate games. Jones and his girlfriend, Tami, reside in South Orange County with their four kids (ages 26, 22 and twins, age 17).