Paul Antonenko joined the Orono Girls Hockey team in 2023. Paul has extensive experience coaching youth hockey and has been involved in the local hockey community since his family moved back to the Twin Cities area and settled in Orono in 2014.

In 2022, Paul was Head Junior Varsity Coach for the Orono Boys Hockey team who went 24-1-1. He is also a Scout with the Trail Smoke Eaters in the British Columbia Hockey League and Head Coach of the U15 Walleye in the Minnesota Hockey Fall Tier I League. 

Paul has been involved in coaching since 1991 while he attended the University of North Dakota, with his first high school coaching role as an assistant coach for the East Grand Forks Greenwave. Since that time, Paul has been involved in coaching and administration of hockey programs throughout the Midwest. He has coached at all levels of youth hockey and has coached boys and girls through those years. He is a Level 5 USA Hockey Coach and a Level 3 USA Hockey Official. He has been involved as a coach and evaluator of the Minnesota Hockey High Performance Program for District 3 for several years during both Spring HP and Fall Tier I Leagues. His son Sam was one of the inaugural members of the D3 Walleye U15 team years ago. Coach Antonenko has also written articles for Minnesota Hockey in a blog called, “The View From Center Ice.”

Claire Bjerke was raised in Edina where she played hockey for Edina High School until she graduated in 2011. She went on to play hockey at the College of Saint Benedict while she studied to receive her B.A. with a major in Communication and a double minor in Psychology and French. Since she graduated from St. Ben’s in 2015, Claire has been coaching girls’ high school hockey to give back to and remain part of the community. She has coached at Bloomington Jefferson (2015-’17), Edina High School (2017-’19), University of Minnesota Women’s Club Team (2020-’21) and Hopkins-St. Louis Park (2021-’22). She is joining the Orono Girls’ Hockey program for her first season in 2022 as the Assistant Varsity Coach.

Hannah Williams was raised in Park Rapids, MN were she was a 6 year varsity athlete for the Panther's golf, swimming, and hockey teams. During her high school hockey career she was a team captain for her 2011-2013 seasons. Upon graduation she received the Student Athlete of the Year and Hobey Baker Awards. Hannah continued her hockey and golf careers at Bethel University from 2013-2017. During her time at BU she received a B.S. in Biokinetics: Exercise Science and double minored in Athletic Coaching and Community Health. Hannah then moved on to receive her Masters Degree in Sports Management from Concordia University, St. Paul in 2021. 

Since college Hannah has had the opportunity to be an assistant varsity hockey coach at Armstrong Cooper (2019-'20) and Maple Grove (2020-'21). Hannah has also coached for District 3 Tier 1 and High Performance teams. She looks forward to the opportunity to continue her coaching career with the Orono Spartans! 

Coach Mac graduated from Orono High School in 2011, was captain of the Orono Girls Hockey team in 2010-2011 and captain of the Orono Girls Lacrosse Team in 2011. Attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, receiving an Agriculture Business Management degree along with continuing a passion and drive for competition playing polo collegiately. Returning home, Coach Mac has been an Assistant Coach to the U12A Orono-Westonka Warriors in 2019-2020, and Head Coach for the U15B Orono-Westonka Warriors in 2021-2022 (#3 in State!). While coaching for Orono, Mac has also stepped into being the Minnesota Hockey District 3 Co-General Manager for Youth High Performance Programs along with Lindsay Czech and coaching the 14s Spring High Performance and Fall Tier 1 Walleye team.

As an alumni of Orono, Coach Mac states “It has been an honor and a privilege to be able to give back to such an incredible community and help develop young women on and off the ice.” Mac is excited to continue her journey as the JV Head Coach for Orono Girls Hockey for the second year! Go Spartans!

Lindsay Czech was raised in Wayzata starting her hockey career on a backyard rink before following her older brother onto the ice. Growing up she played with the boys through youth before transferring to the girls program in 9th grade. She was named a Captain and awarded the Hobey Baker Character Award in her senior season. During the summers she participated in the CCM High Performance programs eventually making it to the u18 USA selection camp at Lake Placid in 2016 before finishing her career at the University of Minnesota Duluth. 

Due to an ACL injury in the fall of 2016 she had to find a different role on the team sparking her love for seeing the game through a different lens, thus beginning her coaching career. Lindsay has been coaching since she was 17 working with all ages u8-u19 through the Minnesota Ice Cougars AAA Program. She has coached for District 3’s High Performance program and the Tier 1 program taking home a National Championship in 2023. Now after bouncing from team to team in the summer she is excited to set down roots in a program with such potential and pride.

Amanda Leveille - Goalie Coach

Amanda Leveille is the Goalie Director for OS hockey and current professional goaltender for the Minnesota Whitecaps. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2016, winning three national championships and setting the Gopher record for winning percentage and wins in a single season. She has also competed at the international level with Team Canada’s U22 and development team. She won Gold in 2016 at the Nations Cup in Füssen, Germany with the development team. She is entering her 4th season in NWHL. She is a two-time Isobel Cup Champion, a two-time NWHL All-Star and won goaltender of the year in 2017. 

Amanda has 8+ years of goaltending coaching experience. She has coached goaltenders at all levels including multiple current and past NCAA Div 1 and 3 goaltenders. She has been a high school and elite league goaltender coach/consultant for the past two seasons. She also has international coaching experience as she was selected in 2019 to help at a Chinese national camp to coach/evaluate goaltenders for their national team.