Joe Selenski
ice hockey player
Joe Selenski (born c. 1955) is a former minor league hockey coach and general manager. Following his coaching career, he became a minister in the North Country of Upstate New York.
Early life
The son of Joseph P. and Glenda Selenski, Joe Selenski grew up in Marlton, New Jersey and attended Lenape High School in Medford. He later went to Trenton State College, where he majored in psychology. Selenski played amateur hockey with the South Jersey Hockey Association through the 1970s. He also served as a coach of the midget and junior programs in the Gladiator Youth Hockey Club in Voorhees Township; one of his team's players was the son of Philadelphia Flyers' captain Bobby Clarke. Selenski later spent three years serving as the director of coaching with the Gladiator Youth Hockey Club, where he crossed paths with Dave Schultz, a former player for the Philadelphia Flyers, when Schultz took over as the coach of his son's team in January 1985.
Coaching career
Atlantic Coast Hockey League (1985–1986)
Selenski got his start as a head coach midway through the inaugural season (1985–86) of the New York Slapshots of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League (ACHL). He was serving as the team's assistant general manager and took over the coaching duties from head coach and general manager Dave Schultz after the team's unexpected move to Virginia so Schultz could remain with his family in South Jersey.
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