OHD Staff & Past Twin POrts PDC Staff

BRETT OLSON,

Founder/Head Instructor

Coach Olson grew up in Superior, Wisconsin, and played youth hockey with the Superior Amateur Hockey Association (SAHA). He was a 3-year varsity hockey letter winner at Superior High School, winning two WIAA State Hockey Championships and one WIAA State Hockey Runner-Up. He was a Wisconsin Mr. Hockey finalist and also lettered multiple years as a multi-sport athlete in both varsity baseball and football.

Olson then went on to the USHL in 2005 to play for the Waterloo Black Hawks, where he was voted team captain during the 2007/08 season. He held the same role as an upperclassman at Michigan Tech, then began a 10-year professional career in 2012, playing in the American Hockey League and Europe.

As a Black Hawk, Olson skated in 151 regular season games, producing 35 goals and 56 assists. He was a member of Watrerloo’s 2006/07 Anderson Cup Championship team. Olson also took the ice for two Hawks squads that played for the Clark Cup, skating in 20 total postseason games with six goals and 11 assists.

From Waterloo, Olson advanced to Michigan Tech. He finished either first or second in scoring for the Huskies during three of his four NCAA seasons, notching 42 goals and 51 assists in 127 games.

At the professional level, Olson debuted with the Abbotsford Heat in the fall of 2012. After two seasons in British Columbia, his next two campaigns were under contract with the NHL’s Florida Panthers, skating for their AHL affiliates in San Antonio and Portland, Maine. All totaled, Olson played in over 500 professional regular season games, notching 286 points (116 goals, 170 assists), including six years in either Germany or Austria.

Prior to becoming a full-time coach, Olson assisted during Waterloo Orientation and Futures Camps beginning when he was still a player at Michigan Tech. He is also the founder and head instructor for Olson Hockey Development – OHD Waterloo Camp and the former Twin Ports Pro Development Camp.