Staff

Scott Brand

President/General Manager

Scott Brand is a native of Saint Louis, Michigan he comes to the River Dragons after a lengthy career in professional sports marketing and two incredibly successful seasons with the Carolina Thunderbirds.

While with the Thunderbirds, Scott played a key role in returning the city of Winston-Salem to their glory days of winning hockey and big fanbases. Brand was named FPHL Executive of the Year during the 2017/2018 season and was a part of the 2018/2019 team that brought the Commissioner’s Cup championship to Carolina.

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Jay Croop

Vice President of Corporation Partnerships

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Jay Croop is a four year veteran of the FPHL who most recently played for the Carolina Thunderbirds where he was a member of their Commissioner’s Cup championship winning team.

Jay resides in Glen Allen, VA during the off season where he runs the Ignite Hockey Academy Summer Camps for youth players in the Richmond, VA area.

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Peggy Dorman

Vice President of Season Ticket Partnerships

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Peggy Dorman has over 25 years of ticketing experience. She began her career with the City of Orlando after graduating from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor of Science degree in General Business Administration.

Peggy’s ticketing career began as a group sales representative at the then named Orlando Arena. She was then recruited by Ticketmaster as the Assistant Manager of Event Creation for the state of Florida. A few years later, she was named Southeast Regional Manager of Event Creation. During this time Peggy also lent her box office talents to the Orlando Solar Bears of the International Hockey League (IHL) and the Orlando Miracle of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Peggy is married and has one daughter.

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Jerome Bechard

Vice President of Community Relations

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When you hear the name Jerome Bechard you immediately think, “tough Columbus Hockey.

” After being drafted by the L.A. Kings of the NHL Jerome enjoyed a 25 year professional hockey career where he spent 21 of those 25 years in the city of Columbus as a player and coach. After the Cottonmouths franchise dissolved, Jerome’s love for Columbus and his desire to serve people led him to a career in real estate and he joined Coldwell Banker in 2017. Jerome and his wife Rhonda have two daughters Alex who attends UGA and Kylie who attends Harris County High.

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Matt Kaplan

Game Night Operations & Corporate Partnerships

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Matt Kaplan, is a native of Providence Rhode Island. He received his B.A. in Sports Management from High Point University, and he spent last season working for the Carolina Thunderbirds where he was responsible for game day operations.

Kylee Winnett

Group Sales and Merchandising

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Kylee is originally from New Hampshire and recently graduated from High Point University in North Carolina with a Bachelors Degree in business administration.

She was a competitive cheerleader for nearly a decade, earning 2 silver medals at the Cheerleading World Championship. While some might think that cheerleaders prefer to spectate from the sidelines, Kylee can’t wait for a front row seat to the action that lies ahead for the River Dragons this season!

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Zak DeBeaussaert

VP of Communications/Play-by-play Announcer

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Zak is a Michigan native and reigning Broadcaster of the Year in the FPHL with the Carolina Thunderbirds last season. He is a graduate of Grand Valley State University and has been involved in the sport of hockey in some way as a player, referee, broadcaster and/or administrator for over 12 years.