Equipment Manager
John Krouse enters his fourth season as the Phoenix Coyotes AHL afilliate's Equipment Manager. Prior to joining the Coyotes organization, Krouse served as the Iowa Stars (former AHL affiliate of the Dallas Stars) Head Equipment Manager from (2005-08). Krouse began his career as an assistant equipment manager, for his brother Richard, with the Utica Blizzard of the Colonial Hockey League, and at the age of 19 he became head trainer for the Winston-Salem Polar Twins in the Southern Hockey League. He later moved up to the Peoria Rivermen of the ECHL for three seasons before joining the Pensacola Ice Pilots, where he spent six seasons and was the 2004 ECHL Equipment Manager of the Year.
He and his wife Kristie, have two sons, Trevor and Tyler.
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