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Biography: Drake Berehowsky, 37, joined the Peoria Rivermen as an assistant coach on August 11 after having previously served in the same role for the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League. Berehowsky’s major functions include contributing to the development of Blues prospects through on-ice instruction, conditioning work, video breakdown, advance scouting, and player evaluation, among other duties. He also supervises the play of Rivermen defensemen during games. While with Barrie, a team Berehowsky played Junior B for, the Colts went 58-67-6-5 and made the playoffs each year. This is his first professional coaching assignment.

In 16 professional seasons as a player, the former first round pick accumulated 549 regular season games in the National Hockey League scattered between six different teams. Taken 10th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, he was a force for two seasons on the North Bay Centennials blue line and was named a First-Team All-Star and the CHL Defenceman-of-the-Year in 1992. After scoring 27 points in 28 games for the AHL's St. John's Maple Leafs, Berehowsky was recalled midway through the 1992-93 season by the Maple Leafs.

In April 1995, Toronto shipped him to the Pittsburgh Penguins for defenseman Grant Jennings. He spent some time in the minors with Cleveland (IHL), San Antonio (IHL), Carolina (AHL) and Hamilton (AHL) until joining the young Edmonton Oilers in 1997-98. In 1998, Berehowsky was claimed by the Nashville Predators in the expansion draft. In 1999-2000, he set career highs with 12 goals and 32 points. At the 2001 trade deadline, the Predators dealt him to the Vancouver Canucks where he spent the early part of the 2001-02 season before joining the Phoenix Coyotes midway through the year.

After parts of two seasons with the Coyotes, Berehowsky signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the summer of 2003, his second stint with the club. Upon his arrival, Berehowsky went on to register 21 points (5-16-21) in 47 games before being acquired by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second half of the season for Ric Jackman. He played briefly in Sweden and Germany before retiring following the 2005-06 season.

Born in Toronto, Berehowsky and his wife Lori have five children: daughters Dylan (5), and Dawson (2); sons Duke (4), Daniel (3), and Dalton (1).