STAFF
Troy Sweet: Head Coach
Troy Sweet was born in Kingston, ON and raised in Belleville, ON. Troy played minor hockey in Belleville until the age of 14 when his family was transferred to Mississauga ON for his father’s work. Troy then played AAA with the Mississauga Reps for 2 years. Following his time in Mississauga, Troy was drafted 64th overall to the Oshawa Generals of the OHL. Troy scored 30 goals and 50 assists in his final year in the OHL.
After 3 years in the OHL with both the Oshawa Generals & London Knights, Troy decided to utilize his full post- secondary education package provided by the Oshawa Generals & the London Knights and continued his hockey at York University while studying Kinesiology. Troy graduated as a Registered Nurse in 1997 and currently is an Executive Territory Manager (Pharmaceuticals) for Takeda Canada. Troy has been living back in the Belleville area for the past 11 years, with his children Justain, Alysha and Aaliyah and close to his parents (Ron & Sheron) and sister (Tammy).
Troy's passion has always been hockey and for 8 years he served as a Head Coach with the Belleville Bearcats association coaching Novice B, Atom A, Peewee AA, Bantam AA and Midget AA with highly successful teams. He has been the Kingston Jr coach for the past 3 and half years.
Contact Information:
Email: troy.sweet77@gmail.com
Phone: 416-884-8002
Rob Bunton, Senior Advisor, Hockey Development
Born and raised in Belleville, Ontario, Rob played AAA and Junior hockey for the OHA Belleville Bobcats and the Wellington Dukes. After completing a Physical Education and teaching degree at the University of Western Ontario, Rob returned to Belleville to teach and coach for the past 33 years.
Having coached a multitude of sports, his main passion has been hockey where he has coached at the Canadian College level (OCAA), boy’s AAA, boy’s/girl’s rep, boys/girls high school and most recently at the PWHL level as an assistant coach for Whitby Jr. Wolves in 2012/13 (League Playoff Champions.) Between 2009 and 2012 his high school girl’s hockey team was ranked number one in the province winning four consecutive provincial medals with a gold medal in 2011. From that 2011 high school team 5 girls went on to play NCAA Division 1 hockey. For the last decade Rob has turned his attention to coaching girl’s hockey and served as the head coach in the Belleville Bearcats association coaching Peewee, Bantam and Midget AA. During those years he also served as the association’s Coach Mentor.
During the last 10 years of his teaching career, in addition to his Athletic Director responsibilities, Rob initiated a highly successful Hockey Canada Skills Academy program and was certified by Hockey Canada as a Skills instructor. The St. Theresa program was highly touted as one of the top hockey development programs in the province with dozens of players graduating to play at the NCAA, OHL, CIS and professional levels.
In 2013, Rob was hired by the OHL Belleville Bulls as Director of Hockey Skill Development and was in charge of all development programs for the OHL team. He held this post until the team moved to Hamilton.
Rob retired from teaching in the winter of 2015 and was awarded the prestigious Provincial OFSAA Leadership in Sport award for his dedication to coaching and athletics. He is married to wife Anne (also a teacher) and has two daughters, Michelle and Hanna. Hanna plays for the Cornell women’s hockey team. In her rookie season she was named Ivy league rookie of the year and also made the ECAC All Rookie team. She also has represented her country winning a World Championship in 2012 (Team Canada U18) where she was named one of Canada's top 3 players and most recently winning the Nations Cup in Fussen, Germany this January as a member of Canada's National Development Team. She heads into her final year at Cornell coming off her best season to date leading Cornell in scoring.
Bob Pain: Strength and Conditioning Coach
The Kingston JR's train off-ice at CrossFit Limestone. Bob Pain, owner, was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario where he grew up playing every sport possible. When attending St. Francis Xavier University, he played for the varsity rugby team and coached swimming on the side. After spending a few years traveling and teaching abroad, Bob moved back to Kingston to focus on his real passion, coaching. He is the owner and head coach at CrossFit Limestone. He started the gym in 2013 and has been doing it full time ever since. During that time he has developed a high performance program working with Teen Athletes which is now called Limestone Performance. This program focuses on strength, speed and performance in the weight room and in sport. Outside of the gym, Bob loves to travel with his wife, Tera, and find delicious restaurants in various cities. Some of his qualifications are: NCCP Weightlifting (Level 1), NCCP Swimming (Level 1), CrossFit Football, CrossFit Endurance, CrossFit Weightlifting, CrossFit Mobility, Training Think Tank (TTT) Movement Course, TTT Strength Systems, TTT Energy Systems.
Shelby Perry: Assistant Coach
Shelby was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario where she started playing girls hockey for the Ice Wolves at the age of 6. She played her entire minor hockey career for the Ice Wolves and started playing competitively in Atom. Shelby was on the Kingston JR team for its first 2 seasons in the PWHL. She says that although there were definitely highs and lows, it’s incredible to see how far the team has come in 7 years. Shelby was recruited to play hockey at Colgate University in the NCAA on a scholarship. During her 4 years at Colgate, the team began to set program records for most wins in a season, followed by playoff wins and tournament appearances, to its first national ranking. During Shelby's senior year, those records were shattered. Colgate finished with 34 wins, the program’s first Regular Season Champion title, national rankings that reached as high as #2, its first NCAA tournament bid, hosted an NCAA quarter final game, made its first Frozen Four appearance, and first Frozen Four win in the semi-finals against Wisconsin (5-4 double OT win) and ultimately capped off the season playing in the National Championship game. After Colgate, Shelby signed a professional contract to play for the Bolzano Eagles in northern Italy in the European Women’s Hockey Leaguer (EWHL). She is now an active member of the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) which is actively pushing for more exposure to the women’s game, livable wages, more resources, and to ultimately to ensure that female athletes are treated like professionals. Shelby is excited to be a part of the coaching staff for the Kingston JR's, the program that set her up for so much success.
