THE OFFICIAL HOME OF THE
IDAHO FALLS SPUD KINGS
HOCKEY OPS
The Spud Kings have set their sights on building the most exceptional coaching staff in the league. We prioritize hiring coaches with extensive experience and a proven record of success, leaving no room for compromise. Our coaches provide unparalleled guidance and mentorship to their players, fostering a culture of excellence both on and off the ice.
John Becanic
Head Coach
John began his coaching career in the early 90’s cutting his teeth under future Jack Adams winner Ted Nolan (Buffalo, NY) winning a Memorial Cup together in 1993 with the Soo Greyhounds. In 1997 John and his family relocated to the US and began to etch out his coaching career with stops in North Dakota, Pittsburgh, Seattle and Texas. In Pittsburgh, “Coach B” led his 2003 Pittsburgh Forge to the USA Hockey Junior A National Championship. In 2003-2004, John was the Associate Head Coach with the Everett Silvertips of the WHL serving under former NHL head coach and MN native, Kevin Constantine. (San Jose, Pittsburgh, New Jersey). That year the Silvertips became the 1st and only expansion team to make the WHL finals in the history of the CHL. John spent 6 years with the Tips, the last 2 years as the head coach. With two more stops in the WHL, one with the Seattle Thunderbirds and the other with the Vancouver Giants, John has coached over 40 NHL draft picks including five 1st rounders.
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After a 30 year coaching career, John stepped away from the bench in 2016 and founded Pyramid Hockey. With a passion for helping players and mentoring coaches, Pyramid’s primary focus was twofold, player advising and player/coach development through Hockey IQ. The foundation of Pyramid’s Hockey IQ was based on John’s “4 Components of Hockey”. As this foundation took root in the hockey universe, the 4 Components Hockey quickly became the standard for teaching Hockey IQ across the world. John has been a featured speaker and writer several times for the Coaches Site at their annual conference in Toronto.
In 2019, John founded his second company, The Prospect Exchange (TPE). TPE, a player advancement software, was originally designed to help players be exposed to coaches all over the world through video analysis. That year, MAP Hockey became one of TPE’s original customers serving it’s 600 plus players with access to their game video and analytics. In 2022 TPE, acquired iceberg Sports Analytics which was a main player in team video and analytics with its customers ranging from the New York Islanders to the MN HS state champs, Minnetonka Skippers.
JOSH RABBANI
ASSISTANT COACH /
RECRUITING COORDINATOR
Coach Josh Rabbani has been part of the hockey world for over 25 years. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California he began his youth hockey with the LA Jr. Kings.
With the Jr. Kings Josh won back to back USA Hockey Championships at the U-15 and U-16 AAA level playing for the LA Jr. Kings before moving to Detroit Honeybaked for a season. After a year with Honeybaked he then went on to Berkshire Prep where he led the team in scoring for 3 years and was a 2x captain of the Varsity team.
After graduating from Berkshire, Josh went on to play in the NAHL for the St. Louis Bandits winning the Robertson Cup (NAHL National Championship) playing under Coach Jon Cooper (Tampa Bay Lightning). From St. Louis Josh was recruited to play NCAA DIV 1 hockey at RPI (ECAC) playing under coaches Seth Appert (Rochester Americans – AHL) and Jim Montgomery (Boston Bruins). Upon graduating with a degree in Business Management, Josh went on to play professionally in Germany for 8 seasons where he also began coaching before returning to the United States.
STAFF
SHANE CLIFFORD
DIRECTOR OF
GOALTENDING DEVELOPMENT
ERIK HUDSON
GENERAL MANAGER
COLIN FAIRFIELD
HEAD EQUIPMENT MANAGER
TOM MAYETTE
NORTHEAST SCOUT
KASSIE ANDERSON JOHNSON
YOGA INSTRUCTOR
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REYES DIAZ
BOXING COACH
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