Welcome to Rose City Hockey Club, an all-girls ice hockey         program based in the Portland-Vancouver area.

Our Mission
To create a thriving, affordable ice hockey program for girls that provides them with the skills needed to succeed on and off the ice.    

About Us
Caroline Parks and Rose King are passionate about growing girls ice hockey in Portland, OR.  To transform their vision into reality, they began laying the groundwork for the Rose City Hockey Club with the help of friend and teammate, Jessica Duggan. They kicked off the first season in Fall 2013.

Today Caroline and Rose continue to lead the program and plan its future growth. Dozens of women from Portland's adult hockey community volunteer with the Club each weekend. Several hockey parents have also stepped up to coach as well. We're proud of them for being excellent role models and, frankly, darn good hockey players!  With their help, Caroline and Rose have created a positive, supportive environment that inspires girls to do their very best on and off the ice! 

Program Overview
Please click here for a short presentation that summarizes our program to date and click here to read our Annual Guide.

Head Coaches/Founders: 

Caroline Parks -- USA Hockey Certified Level 3 Coach
  • Over 20 years of experience playing hockey in Oregon and Maine.
  • Played varsity ice hockey at Bowdoin College, Maine.
  • Captain of 2003 Pacific Ice Dogs national women's senior B tournament team. 
  • Captain/Team Rep of Winterhawks Skating Center Division III co-ed team.
  • Co-Founder of Women’s Monday Night hockey league.
  • Email:  Caroline@rosecityhockeyclub.com.

Rose King -- USA Hockey Certified Level 3 Coach
  • 15 years of experience playing adult hockey in Arizona, Washington D.C., & Oregon.
  • Captain/Fundraiser for the Washington Wolves Women’s Hockey Club, Senior C Division.
  • Member of Women’s Monday Night Leadership Council.
  • Played youth hockey in Massachusetts (ages 10-12). 
  • Email:  Rose@rosecityhockeyclub.co. PS - No, the club isn't named after me. Rose City is the nickname for Portland, OR. Lucky coincidence :)

Assistant Coaches (in alphabetical order):

Robert Cox - USA Hockey Certified Level 1 Coach
  • Coach Rob grew up in Casper, WY. His family billeted players for the local Jr A team, so he always had a few "built in" older hockey brothers (which made him extra tough).
  • He has been playing ice hockey for over 25 years. Career highlights include 4 State Midget Championships; a select player on the “Team Wyoming” midget team for 3 years; and Captain of his high school team. 
  • For the last 3 years, Coach Rob has volunteered with RCHC and he now has two girls skating in our program. There is definitely some friendly  sisterly competition on and off the ice!

Jess Fedderly - USA Hockey Certified Level 1 Coach
  • Coach J-Fed started playing hockey in Minnesota at age 6; she has more than 30 years of hockey experience.
  • She was one of five finalists for the 1998 Ms. Hockey Minnesota award, presented to the top Senior high school player in the State. 
  • Coach J-Fed played NCAA Division I hockey at Princeton University. (Yup, you read that right: Div 1!) At Princeton, she was a 4-year letter-winner in varsity women's ice hockey & named Alternate Captain during her Senior year.

Wendy Fedderly - USA Hockey Certified Level 2 Coach
  •  Coach Wendy's passion for hockey started with field hockey at age 12 … and continued until she was 21.  She started playing hockey her Junior year of college at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • To date, she’s been playing women's and co-ed adult ice hockey for 22 years (and counting!)
  • Last year, Wendy was a Head Squirt Coach in the Portland Junior Winterhawks Youth Hockey Association.
  • She coordinates our RCHC scholarship program that helps make hockey more accessible to our young female athletes. (Right on!)

Michael Gettinger - USA Hockey Certified Level 3 Coach
  • Coach Mike has been playing hockey for more than 40 years, including stints in high school prep, Jr. AAA, college and as a semi-professional. (Wow! Very cool!)
  • He has been working with RCHC players since the Club began in 2013.
  • Coach Mike has 3 Rules of Hockey: Keep your stick on the ice; Keep your head up and, as always, rule #1 is have fun!!!

Ryan Gillespie - USA Hockey Certified Level 3 Coach
  • Coach Ryan grew up in Victoria, BC, Canada. "My mom taught me how to skate beginning at about the age of 2," he explained. (How cool is that?! Go Mom.)
  • He played ice hockey as a youth, but hung up the skates at age 13 to pursue other sports. Seven years later he was back on the ice. He's now played recreational hockey for more than two decades.
  • For the last 7 years, Coach Ryan has worked with the Portland Junior Winterhawks Youth Hockey Association.
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Hilary Gorlin - USA Hockey Certified Level 1 Coach
  • Coach Hilary started skating at age 3 in New Hampshire; has played hockey for 13 years. She also played at the University of Colorado in college. 
  • She coached at the Elite Hockey Training Center at Dartmouth College for eight years for children ages 3-17. 
  • Coach Hilary can often be found leading our "Learn to Skate" zone and, for years, ran our kick-ass social media program!

Claire Houx-Schaeffer - USA Hockey Certified Level 3 Coach
  • Coach Claire began figure skating at the age of 8. For the next 12 years, she trained as a competitive skater throughout out northern CA and the Bay Area.  (Point being, she's an amazing skating teacher for our RCHC players!) 
  • She was a Scottish Highland competitive dancer for 5 years.
  • Coach Claire started playing hockey in 2014 and coached the Lady Blue Devil's for two years, which included 16Us and younger players.
 
Odie Miller - USA Hockey Certified Level 2 Coach
  • Coach Odie has been playing ice hockey for 24 years.
  • She grew up speed skating and playing rugby (which turned out to be great training for hockey).
  • Coach Odie would probably win the hardest shot competition if we ever held one ... and we're not joking.  

Chelsea Moore - USA Hockey Certified Level 1 Coach
  • In 2010, Chelsea started coaching ASA girls youth softball in California. She has coached a wide range of ages.
  • She began coaching an ASA 10U summer-ball team and went on to coach softball at a JV high school in the spring. (Love that she brings so much coaching experience to our program!)
  • After moving back home to Portland in 2014, Coach Chelsea caught the hockey bug and hasn't looked back. She plays adult league hockey at WSC and continues to train with Doug Lynch Hockey.
 
 Marissa Powers - USA Hockey Certified Level 1 Coach
  • Coach Powers grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. She started playing hockey at age 10, and began playing girls' hockey at age 12.
  • She played NCAA Division III hockey for Trinity College (and, dang, is she good!)
  • Coach Powers has played both men's & women's adult hockey in her home state, Massachusetts, as well as in Pennsylvania and Oregon.

Kate Wiggin - USA Hockey Certified Level 2 Coach
  • Coach Kate has 20 years of ice hockey experience in New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington.
  • She played NCAA Div III Ice Hockey at St. Lawrence University (an amazing hockey school).
  • Doctor Kate (as we call her because, well, she's a doc) is also a member of the Women’s Hockey Leadership Council.
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