Our Mission

Wilson Housley is in his s Year with Total Hockey Academy. A native of Stillwater, Minnesota, Wilson prides himself in bringing passion to the rink each day, with high energy and a focus on getting better for the future. Wilson brings a decade of instrumental experience, working with elite student-athletes from the National Hockey League (NHL), the United States Hockey League (USHL), NCAA, Juniors, High School, and youth levels across the Midwest. As a son of an NHL player and coach, he has grown up in a rich hockey household, where he has benefited from family knowledge. His father, Phil Housley, is one of the most prolific scoring defensemen in NHL history, an NHL Hall of Fame player, and the current assistant coach for the New York Rangers of the NHL. As the tradition of coaching has continued, Housley has held positions with the Thief River Falls Norskies of the Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL) as Head Coach, Assistant GM & Director of Player Personnel. He spent the 2020-2021 season as the Assistant Coach for the Tri-City Storm in the USHL. More recently, he is the Assistant hockey director of the Carolina Rage, and Maine Nordiques Academy!

Lee Baldwin played junior hockey in the BCHL where he signed a division I  scholarship with University of Alaska Anchorage. Lee is in his second year with the Total Hockey Academy!

Chris Kovalcik attended Wayne State University, a Division 1  school in Detroit, for one season. After leaving University he played seven seasons of  professional hockey with time in the SPHL, CHL, ECHL, and IHL. In the off  season during his Junior years Chris worked at several different hockey schools  around the country including Hockey Academy of Toronto and Elite Hockey  Academy. 

After a three year OHL career in Sudbury and Windsor, Kevin Hansen attended the Detroit Red Wings main camp before playing in the CIAU for the University of  Windsor. After graduating Kevin went on to have an eight year professional career with stops in  the ECHL, CHL, UHL, and the IHL. 

Terry Conlin has played all levels of hockey from AAA in Sault Ste Marie Ontario, Junior in Port Colborne where he won a Presidents Cup, and  collegiately at Iowa State University, where he was named to the ACHA West  Division All Star Team. Terry spent two years as lead on ice instructor for the Ottawa 

Senators Youth Development Program, and has spent 16 years coaching youth hockey in South Carolina

Casey Brown was born in the upstate and rose the ranks from A-AAA in stints through the Carolinas, starting in Greenville then to Charlotte, then Greensboro and Raleigh before taking off to play at the D3 and D2 ACHA level for the Liberty Flames .