Board & Staff

President: Brent Kozel

Brent began playing hockey for the Barrington Wings before moving to the Chicago Young Americans and then Team Illinois. Brent finished his high school career at The Taft School and then played collegiately at Williams College. Brent lives in Winnetka with his wife, Courtney, and their three young children. He has enjoyed coaching his kids and their friends at the Mite and Minor Mite level for the past five seasons and serving on the club's board for the past four years. This season he will be coaching his kids at the minor mite, mite and squirt levels. 

Vice President, Hockey Operations: Steve Moltz

Steve grew up in Glenview and Wilmette and played his youth hockey with Wilmette. He attended New Trier High School, where he played hockey for three years and developed lifelong friendships with his teammates. A strong advocate for community-based hockey, Steve lives in Glencoe with his wife and two children, both of whom play in the Winnetka Warriors program. He has served on the Board of Directors for the past two years and has coached both kids at the minor mite level for five seasons.

Vice President, Off-Ice Operations: Ali Linehan

Ali grew up in Columbus, Ohio, where she played tennis and lacrosse and enjoyed attending Columbus Chill hockey games. After attending Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Ali moved to Chicago, met her husband, Todd, also a Miami grad, and worked in advertising sales for nearly twenty years. It was only a matter of time before she dedicated her life to hockey after having three boys in each of the years that the Blackhawks won a Stanley Cup! Ali currently resides - and plays a lot of shinny - in Winnetka with Todd and their three boys, all of whom are proud members of the Warrior family.

Treasurer: Jason Schroeder

Jason grew up in Antigo, Wisconsin where he was a goalie on the varsity hockey team (made the state tournament his senior year). He was a Wisconsin Mr. Hockey finalist, conference player of the year and played U16 and U18 Team Wisconsin AAA. Jason graduated from University of Wisconsin Madison and currently lives in Winnetka with his wife and four children, one Squirt and one Mite in the Winnetka Hockey program.    

Secretary: Alan Bahkos

Alan Bakhos lives in Winnetka with his wife (CJ) and 3 sons (with a 4th child on the way). His 1st and 2nd sons (Emory and Hewitt) play minor mite (Emory will be first year travel mite next year) and his 3rd son (Finn) will start whenever he is old enough. Alan is the General Counsel at DNS Capital and was previously an M&A attorney at Latham & Watkins. Alan is originally from the Western suburbs.   

North Shore Ice Arena Liaison: Sean Lutz

Sean grew up in Northbrook where he played youth and high school hockey for the Northbrook Bluehawks Hockey Club. As a freshman and sophomore, they appeared in the high school state championship as a JV and played at the Chicago Stadium. He currently lives in Winnetka with his wife Stephanie and two boys Graham and Hunter. Both of his sons play for the Winnetka Hockey club. Sean has coached both of his sons while at the Winnetka Hockey Club.

Travel Director: Marty Hogan

Marty grew up in Windsor, Ontario where he played AAA and Junior hockey. His career brought him to Chicago where he met his wife Whitney, a Winnetka native. Marty has been a scout in the OHL for fifteen seasons, currently with the Ottawa 67's, and works on the coaching staff with the Republic of Estonia at their IIHF events. Marty and Whitney live in Winnetka with their three kids. He has coached his oldest two in minor mites the last two seasons and looks forward to getting their youngest on the ice soon.

Goalie Liaison: Andrew Eaton

Andrew grew up in Larchmont, NY playing youth hockey for the Mamaroneck Tigers. He went on to play three years of varsity hockey at The Canterbury School in New Milford, CT and collegiately at Hobart College in Geneva, NY. Andrew lives in Northfield with his wife, Jen, and their three kids. He has enjoyed coaching his son from minor mites to mites for the past three seasons and looks forward to coaching his youngest daughter in minor mites this season.

Manager Liason: Hilary Kallop

Hilary grew up mostly in Vermont playing extremely casual pond hockey that lead absolutely no where. She did find her groove skiing and playing lacrosse at Deerfield Academy and then Bowdoin College. She worked on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, then moved to private wealth management at Lehman which came to an abrupt end. After business school at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, she owned and operated an estate sale and antique consignment business in Greenwich, Connecticut. She, her husband, and three older children moved from Connecticut to Kenilworth in 2017, and added a fourth to the crew in 2020. All four currently play hockey so you can find her in a rink at pretty much any hour. 

Registrar: Kathy Estabrooke

As a 51 year resident of Northfield my family and I have been involved with the Winnetka Hockey Club on and off for 35 years. Our son, Clay, started in the House League program at six in 1988 and skated in the program through his Squirt years. He played AAA with CYA and Team Illinois where my husband and I managed the teams at PeeWee, Bantam and Midget levels. We came back to the program when Clay became the assistant coach for the Bantam AA and A teams on alternate seasons for 13 years.  To get our hockey fix, Jeff and I could be seen in the stands cheering on the team at most games. Clay and his family now live in Charleston, SC. Our daughter Bailey and her family live in Mundelein. Once I retired from Packaging Corporation of America after 49 years, managing and developing learning programs, I decided it was time to give back to the program that gave so much to my family over the years, so here I am!!

President Emeritus: Andy McNerney

Andy grew up in Winnetka and played youth hockey for the Warriors before his family moved to Edina, Minnesota. A successful high school hockey career started with an appearance in the famed Minnesota High School Hockey Tournament and finished at The Taft School in Connecticut. Andy played 4 years of varsity hockey at Bowdoin College, which included a national tournament appearance his senior year. He has coached 3 out of his 4 kids (house and travel) at Winnetka over the past 6 years.