Emmanuel Strategos also known as Dr. Strategos, but prefers to be called “Manny” when away from the office, has raised a fantastic hockey family with his lovely wife Erin. Professionally, Manny is a Medical Doctor Board Certified in Internal Medicine. He and his brother share a medical practice in Bakersfield California. Additionally, Manny has been the team physician for the Bakersfield Condors professional hockey team for the last 18 seasons. Manny is also very active in the church community, as he is on the Parish Council at the Greek Orthodox Church. His passion is giving his time and effort to help continue developing kids in hockey and much more importantly, life, which in return gives him great satisfaction. Manny’s hope is to be able to continue helping grow youth hockey in Bakersfield for as long as possible.
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Valerie McCoy, was born and raised in Wasco, California. Valerie moved to Bakersfield, California in 1997. She is happily married to Raydon McCoy. Raydon is one of the KCHC’s amazing Assistant Coaches. They are proud parents of three boys: Caleb, Landon and Carson. Valerie is a hard working employee for the State of California working as an Analyst for the Department of Public Health. She prides herself for being a fighter and a survivor, and for good reason. Valerie survived Breast Cancer after being diagnosed in 2014. Valerie has 5-seasons under her belt now with the Kern County Hockey Club (KCHC) and her fourth year serving as the club’s Registrar – she does an amazing job! It doesn’t stop there, she is also the Team Manager for our Pee Wee team. Her son Landon is a quick and nimble player on that team using the skills his father has taught him. Landon started with the KCHC as a Mite and has put in a lot of hard work over the years as a Dragon and is now a proud Junior Condor. The KCHC realizes her elected job may be one of the toughest, but Valerie says; “I became the Registrar so I could give back to the organization that makes it possible for my son to play the sport we all love.” Her favorite team is the Pittsburgh Penguins, we won’t hold that against her.
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A product of his hometown Wellington, Ontario, Canada minor hockey system, Rosebush played successfully for the Wellington Dukes from 1994-96 where he was named MVP of the Metro Toronto Tier II Junior A Hockey League in 1996. Rosebush went on to attend the University of Guelph where he helped the Gryphons win a Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) national championship in 1997. In 1998, Rosebush was selected as part the Canadian University All-Stars to compete against the NCAA All-Stars while also winning a bronze medal at the World University Games that same year in Poprad, Slovakia. From 1999-2005, Rosebush played with the Bakersfield Condors of the minor professional East Coast Hockey League where his jersey was retired in 2007. At that time, Rosebush was the all-time franchise leader in games played, game-winning goals and penalty minutes. In addition to his hockey achievements, Rosebush won a gold medal in fast-pitch softball at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1999 and gold at the International Softball Congress (ISC) world championship in 2007 with Madison, Wisconsin. Two years earlier, he had been selected to the ISC World Fast-pitch All-Star Team. Rosebush was recently inducted into his hometown Prince Edward County Sports Hall of Fame and now resides in Bakersfield, California with his lovely wife Amy and their three wonderful children Rylie, Nolan and Jaelyn.
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Erin Strategos
