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Head Coach- Chris Sislo (Superior, WI) email

Chris Sislo joins the Danville Inferno for the 2008-2009 season after serving multiple roles during last year's hockey season. In addition to serving as a scout for the Waterloo Blackhawks of the United State Hockey League, Chris was also the head coach for the Team Wisconsin AAA Midget Minor U16 team, a pre-post AAA hockey team that competes before and after the Wisconsin high school season. Chris led Team Wisconsin to their best regular season in program history. During the winter season, Chris was the head coach for the Bantam A team at Hopkins, MN. The prior year, Chris was the assistant coach for Team Wisconsin which competed at the Tier 1 U16 AAA national tournament in Detroit, MI.

From 2004 through 2007, Chris was the assistant coach for Superior High School in Superior, Wisconsin. During his three years with the program, Superior made three state tournament appearances including a runner-up finish in 2007, and a state championship in 2005. Chris was also the head coach for one of two teams from Wisconsin represented at the Chicago Senior Showcase in 2007.

Chris has coached at every level from youth to high school during winter seasons, summer camps, and elite festivals. Chris is eager to begin a new challenge in coaching junior hockey and looks to bring his experiences and knowledge of the game to the Danville Inferno to develop and move his players on to the next level.

Asst. Coach/General Manager- Cameron Estes (Danville, IL) email

Cameron Estes comes to the Inferno after spending the last 4 seasons in the ACHA. While in the ACHA he served as an Assistant Coach and then a Head Coach with Eastern Illinois University and then Purdue University. Prior to the ACHA experience Cameron was with Danville Youth Hockey where he served as Head Coach for their Midget team. "I am excited to work under a great young coach like Coach Sislo and I know with his great demeanor and dedication to these young men we will be successful from day 1" Estes says. Cameron is married to Jamie with 2 kids Elizabeth 4 and Carson 2.

Head MN Scout- Andy Torzewski (Bayport, MN) email

A native of Superior Wisconsin, Torzewski played high school hockey at Superior Senior High School, lettering three years and leading his team to three straight state championship games taking runner-up as a sophomore, winning the championship as a junior and senior while he was captain of his team. During his senior season he was named all-conference, all-state, all-tournament (Warroad MN HS Tournament) and all-state tournament team. He was also selected to play for Team Wisconsin in the Chicago Showcase. Andy also lettered three years as a starting defensive back and quarterback for Superior High.

While attending college on a football scholarship at Moorhead State University, Andy was picked up by the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United State Hockey League and also played in the USHL for the Dubuque Fighting Saints. Torzewski then played two seasons at the University of Wisconsin Superior.

Torzewski is a coach for Team Wisconsin's Midget AAA program specifically as a defensemen's coach and as an assistant on the U16 team. Andy will begin his first season as an assistant coach for Simley High School in Inver Groove Heights Minnesota starting in the 2008/2009 season. Torzewski also volunteers as a youth hockey coach in the Stillwater Minnesota Hockey Association.

Torzewski is a graduate of Concordia University, St. Paul MN and is a full time officer and aircraft navigator with the Minnesota Air National Guard and resides in Bayport Minnesota with his wife April and three children, Sky 9, Mira 5, and his scouting partner Marty, 7.

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