Loyola Junior Varsity

from 2021-22 O'Grady Thanksgiving Tournament 50th Anniversary

by LAHockey

SHL Player of the Year, Players

2021-2022

TED WARD – Head Coach LUKE LOVCIK – Assistant Coach

Ted grew up playing for the Glenview Stars until as a Peewee when he moved to AAA to play for the Chicago Chill. After AAA, he played 4 years on Glenbrook South’s Varsity team followed by the Purdue Boilermakers ACHA D2 club team where he captained the team for three of his four years.

In 2010, Ted began coaching and has lead at every level from mites to high school. He has had the opportunity to coach for and learn from some of the best coaches in the state at the Glenview Stars, Northbrook Bluehawks, PREP High School, Loyola Academy, Ultimate Athlete and Delaney Hockey. Having earned the USA Hockey Level 4 coaching certification, Ted has been behind the bench of numerous league and state championship teams including a JV State Championship in the 2014-15 season.

Ted is excited to be in his eighth season with Loyola and is working hard to continue the success the team has seen in recent years.

He graduated from Purdue University with a B.S. in Civil Engineering, is a licensed Professional Engineer, and is dad to three beautiful girls. Luke is an alumnus of the Loyola Academy class of 2009. Luke brings six years of coaching experience, having coached Winnetka, New Trier and Deerfield. His deep love for the game began at the age of 4, playing youth hockey for the Skokie Flyers and Winnetka Warriors. He then went on to play three years at Loyola, being named Captain twice as a member of both the JV and Maroon teams. After high school, Luke played a season at Ferris State Univer-sity before leaving to follow a career passion in the golf in-dustry. Luke currently works as a Club Fitting Specialist for PXG.