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Coaching Staff

Ben Holmstrom

Assistant Coach

Holmstrom joined the Orlando Solar Bears coaching staff prior to the 2022-2023 season. Prior to joining the Solar Bears organization, Holmstrom completed his professional playing career from 2010-2022. Holmstrom played 7 NHL games with the Philadelphia Flyers and 611 AHL games with the Adirondack Phantoms, Charlotte Checkers, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, and Rochester Americans. He also spent time in the ECHL with the Norfolk Admirals, Cincinnati Cyclones, South Carolina Stingrays, and a season in the Norwegian top league with Lillehammer Ice Hockey Club. Before turning pro Holmstrom played four years of NCAA Division 1 hockey at UMass-Lowell where he was captain for the Riverhawks for 3 seasons and earned a degree in Economics. Originally from Colorado Springs, CO, Holmstrom and his wife Morgan have one son, Brooks.

Marc Terriault

Goaltending & Video Coach

Marc Terriault joins the Solar Bears for his first season as Goalie Coach. The Montreal, Quebec native spent four seasons in the Quebec Maritime Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) as Goalie Coach with the Moncton Wildcats (2019-2021), Baie-Comeau Drakkar (2022-23), and Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (2023-24).

Terriault's playing career included time with the Florida Eels during the 2012-13 season. He later attended Saint Mary's University (Halifax, NS), playing four seasons of college hockey.

Athletic Training & Equipment Staff

Cameron Nelson LAT, ATC

Head Athletic Trainer

Nelson enters his first season with the Solar Bears as Head Athletic Trainer. The Chesapeake, Virginia native gradated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Athletic Training from Longwood University. While he was in school, Nelson received the opportunity to work with the Norfolk Admirals. He is currently working on his Masters of Exercise Science from Pennsylvania Western University.

Nelson comes to Orlando by way of the Mississippi Sea Wolves in the Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL).

Darien Engelhardt

Head Equipment Manager

Darien Engelhardt joins the Solar Bears for his first season with the club. He comes to Orlando from the Western Hockey League, where he spent the last six seasons as Head Equipment Manager of the Swift Current Broncos (2021-24) and Calgary Hitmen (2017-20). Engelhardt previously spent time in the ECHL as Equipment Manager of the Atlanta Gladiators (2016-18).

Shane Stone

Asst. Equipment Manager