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ECHL Norfolk Admirals

New Additions Round out Hockey Operations Staff

September 24, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Norfolk Admirals News Release


NORFOLK, Va. - The Norfolk Admirals have completed its assembly of the hockey operations department by hiring team equipment manager Tim Abbott, athletic trainer Vince Fedorowich, strength and conditioning coach Mark Cinq-Mars, assistant strength and conditioning coach Jon Vaillancourt, and video coach Ryan Anderson.

Abbott brings over 27 years of experience at the major professional sports level to Norfolk including serving as an associate equipment manager with the NHL's Detroit Red Wings from 1992-2005 when the club won three Stanley Cups. After leaving the Red Wings in 2005, the Chester?eld, Michigan native spent time with the Port Huron Flags of the United Hockey League (UHL), various indoor football league franchises where he was a part of three more championships, and most recently, two seasons with the Port Huron Fighting Falcons of the North American Hockey League (NAHL). Prior to joining the NHL's Red Wings, he was the head equipment manager of the then AHL Adirondack Red Wings from 1987-1992, and was a part of two Calder Cup Championship teams.

Fedorowich, MSed, ATC, LAT, joins the Admirals as head athletic trainer. Fedorowich's previous stops include Bakersfield (ECHL), Abbotsford (AHL), Arizona (CHL), Quad City (CHL), in minor league baseball with the Greenville Drive, and a short time with the Admirals as an assistant to the training staff while earning a master's degree at Old Dominion University. He was named the CHL's Athletic Trainer of the Year in 2013 and was runner-up for the same award in 2012. He graduated from Graceland University (Iowa) in 2006 and received a Master's of Science in Education degree from ODU in 2009.

Cinq-Mars enters his 15th season with the Admirals, part of his second stint with the team. He had spent nine seasons with the Admirals from 1997-98 until 2006-07 as Strength and Conditioning Coach, and then returned in the same capacity beginning in 2010-11. During his hiatus from the Admirals, Cinq-Mars operated his own business, Pro Fitness Training, in Virginia Beach. He is a Maine native and attended college at the University of Rhode Island. Cinq-Mars, who has now lived in Virginia Beach for over 20 years, attended graduate school at Regent University.

Vaillancourt, from La Valle, Wisconsin, will be making his first appearance as a strength coach for the Norfolk Admirals this season in 2015-16. He is also an assistant coach for the Hampton Roads Junior Whalers Elite USPHL team based out of Chilled Ponds. He has been part of the Junior Whalers since 2012 as he enters his third season with the program. He is also a founder and partner of 1 Mission Fitness LLC.

Anderson hails from Kingsford, Michigan but has called Virginia Beach home since 2005 as a member of the U.S. Navy. For the past six seasons, Anderson was a head coach in the Hampton Roads Whalers Youth Travel Program where he won two Chesapeake Bay Hockey League championships at the U-16 and Pee Wee levels. He also works as a government contractor.

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