coaching staff

Head Coach Paul Pechmann

Coach Paul

Coach Pechmann is married to his wife Renee, an oncology nurse, and has four children, Noelle, Paul, Ciera and Zachary, and one granddaughter, McKenna. Coach Paul played hockey at South Kent Prep School and then for the NCAA UCONN Huskies in college. He has been coaching for over 17 years and has helped numerous players reach their goal of playing college hockey in the NCAA and ACHA. Coach Paul is also an NCDC and NAHL scout for several teams. He brings a wealth of coaching and life experience with him to the Riverkings Hockey Club where he will continue to lead the charge of the winning Riverkings legacy and more importantly, the legacy of helping develop young men in preparation for college and life leadership.

Coach Pechmann has a large network of college coaches that he has assembled throughout his years in youth, junior and college hockey that he will leverage to help incoming Riverkings hockey players and assist them in reaching the next level.


Assistant Coach Travis Marsh

Travis Marsh

Travis is a native of Burnsville, Minnesota where he played his youth hockey. He played for Gentry Academy in high school. While at Gentry Academy, he began coaching at Northern Edge as a skating and skills coach. After playing 2 years of varsity he decided to play for the Minnesota Revolution AAA club. In 2015, Travis played in the NA3HL for the Breezy Point North Stars and eventually wound up with the Steele County Blades in 2016. Following his junior career Travis began coaching and became an assistant coach at Farmington High School.  He coached Farmington High School varsity hockey from 2017-2019, building a strong relationship with the players and community. Travis is a level 3 certified USA coach. Travis looks forward to being an approachable and supportive coach for not only the players, but also for the head coach and community of Wisconsin Rapids


Assistant Coach Harrison Nagel

Harrison Nagel

Hank began his playing career in Mound, MN, where he played through high school. He was a four-year letter winner, a two-year all conference winner, and a one-year all conference honorable mention. After his freshman year, he was coached by NHL defenseman Nate Schmidt at Phase 5 of the Minnesota High Performance Program, which included a week-long camp in St. Cloud with the top 102 ranked skaters in Minnesota. As a senior, he was a Reed Larson award finalist for the top defenseman in the state. In 2018, he joined the North Iowa Bulls of the NA3HL and helped bring the team to a divisional championship and to the Fraser Cup semifinals. During the offseason, Hank was drafted by the Minnesota Magicians in the 2019 NAHL entry-level draft. Unfortunately, he sustained an injury during offseason training that required multiple surgeries and ended his playing career. In the past few years, he has been a scout for the North Iowa Bulls as they transitioned to the NAHL. Now, as a recent graduate from the University of Minnesota with a major in accounting and finance, Hank is excited to continue his hockey career as an assistant coach for the Wisconsin Rapids Riverkings.

additional staff

Brian Piller – Equipment Manager

Quinten Abbott – Asst Equipment Manager

John Egge – Team Trainer & Team Chaplain

Nick Nigh – Medical Trainer

Linda Fuehrer – Director of Administration / Game Day Ops

Julie Schooley – Media Director / Photographer

Jalynn Piller –   Merchandise Director

Jim Arnold – Rink General Manager

Ann Felker – Education Coordinator

Chris Seefelt – Game Day Ticket Sales

Tony Grapsas – “The Voice” Rink Announcer

Malorie Schooley – Online Scoring

Candy Blakeslee – Scorekeeper

Matt Filmore – Web Master & Video

Zach Wetterau – Video Camera

Mark Lochner – Hockeytv Announcer

Art Napgezek – Cameraman RCCA Media

Merle Cooney – 50/50 Tickets

Larry Nawrot – Penalty Box

Chris Weir – Penalty Box

Del Worland – Penalty Box

Tracy Hunter – Goal Judge

Jeff Konkol – Goal Judge

Russ Blakeslee – Security

The Riverkings Pep Band – Led by Jordan Held

Lisa Black – Fog Machines / Security

Dr. William Ackey – Team Dentist

Dr. Michael Cook – Team Chiropractor

Debrah Eberhardy – Team Acupuncturist