Bill Yuill is Chairman and CEO of The Monarch Corporation, a private investment company with corporate offices in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. The corporation is the parent company for three holding companies, Monarch Venture Inc, Consolidated Sports Holdings Ltd, and Traxx Transportation. Each of these holding companies have numerous operating companies. For more information on The Monarch...

Bart Rogers enters his third full season back in Peoria overseeing the Rivermen and the day-to-day operations of the franchise. Rogers recently spent 7 years as the Vice President/General Manager of U.S. Cellular Coliseum, located in downtown Bloomington, Illinois. The Coliseum, now known as Grossinger Motors Arena, fast became one of the premier, mid-sized, multi-purpose facilities in the...

Jean-Guy Trudel became the 19th head coach in Peoria Rivermen franchise history on May 25, 2013 and served as the team’s first head coach in its Southern Professional Hockey League era. He also became the third former player to return as head coach and enters his seventh year as a professional head coach for the 2019-20 season.   In six years with the Rivermen, Trudel has amassed an overall...

Katie Pogeman is in her twelfth season with the Rivermen and was named Assistant General Manager - Tickets for the team’s inaugural season in the Southern Professional Hockey League.   The native of Lafayette, Indiana has spent parts of her past ten seasons as the Director of Client Services as well as an Account Executive for the team. She currently oversees the ticket department working to...

Andrew Cohen enters his fourth season as a full-time member of the Rivermen front office staff after being named Director of Business Development in August of 2016. He served as the Rivermen equipment manager for the team's first three seasons in the SPHL and was named Director of Operations in June 2014, taking on an expanded role with the Hockey Operations department until his move to the...

Brad Kupiec enters his fifth season in pro hockey as he handles play-by-play duties as well as media relations for the Rivermen again this year.   The 26-year-old native of Lockport, Illinois graduated from Eastern Illinois University in December 2014 and spent the following summer as a Broadcast & Media Assistant for the Peoria Chiefs baseball team. During his time at EIU, Brad spent three...

Mark Thompson enters in his 1st year with the Peoria Rivermen as a Business Development Executive.   Born and raised in St. Paul, MN, Mark graduated in 2010 from Brown College with a degree in Radio Broadcasting. Mark spent two years as the Sports Director for KCCR/KXLS in Pierre, SD. In 2012, Mark joined the Brookings Blizzard of the North American Hockey League, (NAHL), where he was their...

Brady Cufaude, 25, is an employee of Midwest Orthopaedic Center, and is in his first season as the Athletic Trainer for the Peoria Rivermen. Cufaude is a native of Pekin, Illinois, graduating from Pekin Community High School in 2012 and earning his undergraduate degree from Millikin University in May 2016. Prior to his time with the Rivermen, Cufaude worked for two years at Richwoods High...