Welcome to Leigh High School Hockey Club (Co-ed; Ice & Roller)
About Us
Ice Hockey
The Leigh High School Ice Hockey team is part of the Hockey Club at LHS that competes in the Sharks High School Hockey League at Solar4America Ice. The club is an authorized club sport at Leigh High School and welcomes hockey players of all high school ages.
Roller Hockey
The Leigh High School Roller Hockey team is part of the Hockey Club at LHS that competes at the Silvercreek Sportsplex in the High School League. The club is an authorized club sport at Leigh High School and welcomes hockey players of all high school ages.
More About Ice Hockey
Our Coaches
Head Coach – Kirk Westbrook:
I have coached 28 seasons of recreation level roller at Rollin Ice, 8 travel roller teams, 2 as assistant and 6 as head coach, across multiple age groupings (8-14u), middle school roller for five years, high school roller and a few years head coach bantam level rec ice. I am Positive Coaching Alliance certified, expect to be a USA Hockey Level 4 certified coach. I helped the kids found the Cambrian Park Longhorns that became last year’s the first “pure” Leigh Longhorn High School team. I am a former roller and an active ice player with more than a decade (:-)) of adult league experience currently playing on a couple ice hockey teams.
Coach Ed Stitt:
Coach Ed has coached dozens of rec. level roller hockey teams at Rollin Ice. He held various coaching positions for the Tsunami '02 travel roller hockey team during their Atom (8u) and Mite (10u) seasons. Ed became head coach for their Squirt (12u) season. Ed then was an assistant coach for a Santa Clara Blackhawks PeeWee ice hockey team. Ed also coached Union Roller Hockey for 6 years. Ed will be starting his seventh year as a coach for Leigh Roller Hockey in the fall and will be starting his 3rd year assisting with the Leigh Longhorn Ice Hockey team. Ed is a USA Hockey Level 4 certified coach, and an active roller hockey and ice hockey player.
Coach Vaughn Reuter:
Vaughn is grad from Boston College and returning to the Longhorn Bench from last year. He as a USA Hockey Level 1 certified coach. He has worked with youth hockey ages 7-10 as well as one year of assistant coaching High School aged youth. For 2019-20, Vaughn is a Jr. Sharks Asst Coach for 16 AAA and 18 AAA. Personally, he has played 13 seasons of competitive youth hockey as well as 7 years of competitive college and adult level hockey. He is currently active on multiple adult ice hockey teams.
Coach Brian Cipresse:
Brian has been coaching youth sports for nine years and will be starting his 2nd year assisting with Leigh Ice Hockey and Leigh Roller Hockey this 2019-2020 season. Prior to Leigh, Brian was head coach of Union Middle School's three Roller Hockey Teams and assistant coach with UMS Roller Hockey before that. Brian is a USA Hockey level 2 certified coach and enjoys playing on multiple ice hockey teams. Brian exhibits visible enthusiasm for team sports and encourages each Leigh player to strive for excellence.
About our Teams
The Leigh High School Ice Hockey team is part of the Hockey Club at LHS that competes in the Sharks High School Hockey League at Solar4America Ice. The club is an authorized club sport at Leigh High School and welcomes hockey players of all high school ages. 2019-2020 Season: Leigh fields a Division 1 Varsity Team and a JVA Team.
Our Schedule
Practices are held at Solor4America Sharks Ice (San Jose). Our season runs October-March.
D1 VARSITY:
- Monday 10/28 Longhorns @ Willow Glen HS 5:00pm North Rink
- Monday 11/11 Longhorns @ Palo Alto HS 6:45pm North Rink
- Wednesday 11/20 Los Gatos Wildcasts v. Leigh Longhorns 4:00pm at SAP CENTER!
- Monday 12/9 Leland Chargers v. Leigh Longhrns 6:45pm North Rink
JV:
- Sunday, 10/27 Valley Christian Warriors @ Leigh Longhorns 11:45am South Rink
More About Roller Hockey
Our Coaches
Coach Ed Stitt:
Coach Ed has coached dozens of rec. level roller hockey teams at Rollin Ice. He held various coaching positions for the Tsunami '02 travel roller hockey team during their Atom (8u) and Mite (10u) seasons. Ed became head coach for their Squirt (12u) season. Ed then was an assistant coach for a Santa Clara Blackhawks PeeWee ice hockey team. Ed also coached Union Roller Hockey for 6 years. Ed will be starting his seventh year as a coach for Leigh Roller Hockey in the fall and will be starting his 3rd year assisting with the Leigh Longhorn Ice Hockey team. Ed is a USA Hockey Level 4 certified coach, and an active roller hockey and ice hockey player.
About our Teams
Leigh Roller Hockey participates in the SilverCreek SportsPlex High School League. This league runs three seasons: fall, winter and spring. Each season typically has a 10 week round robin format followed by playoffs. All teams make the playoffs, and seeding is based on standings at the end of the round robin season. We typically field an upper team in D1 or D2 of this league and a lower team in D3 or D4. Our practices are Thursday evening, 5:30-7:15, at SilverCreek SportsPlex.
Our Schedule
LONGHORNS GOLD FALL SCHEDULE:
- Longhorns @ Saints Blue Oct. 19 3:00pm Rink 1
- Valley Christian @ Longhorns Oct. 26 5:00pm Rink 2
- Sobrato Black @ Longhorns Nov. 2 8:00pm Rink 2
- Longhorns @ Pioneer Nov. 9 5:00pm Rink 3
- Longhorns @ Saints Blue Nov. 9 7:00pm Rink 3
- Bellarmine B @ Longhorns Nov. 23 6:00pm Rink 2
- Longhorns @ Pioneer Blue Dec. 7 7:00pm Rink 2
LONGHORNS GREEN FALL SCHEDULE:
- Longhorns @ Pioneer White Oct. 19 11:00am Rink 1
- Sobrato White @ Longhorns Green Oct. 26 3:00pm Rink 2
- Saints Orange @ Longhorns Green Nov. 2 4:00pm Rink 2
- Sobrato White @ Longhorns Green Nov. 2 6:00pm Rink 2
- Pioneer White @ Longhorns Green Nov. 16 4:00pm Rink 2
- Longhorns Green @ Live Oak Nov. 23 4:00pm Rink 2
- Pioneer White @ Longhorns Green Dec. 7 4:00pm Rink 2