Oakland University Hockey

Oakland University Men’s ACHA Hockey is pleased to announce the promotion of new Head Coach Jeremy Bachusz. Bachusz served as assistant coach under the previous Head Coach Sean Hogan for three seasons, where he worked primarily with the forwards and special teams. Bachusz also served as the team's manager last season assisting in travel planning, finances and scheduling. Jeremy brings with him an impressive hockey pedigree and strong playing background. Bachusz played NCAA Division I hockey for Lake Superior State University from 1998-2003, where he both led the team in scoring and served as captain his junior and senior seasons. While at LSSU Bachusz was named the Freshman of the Year his first season and was honored with the Copper Coaches Choice, an award voted on by all the LSSU varsity sports coaches and given out to the LSSU athlete who best displays leadership and exemplary athletic performance.

            Prior to his time at Lake Superior State, Bachusz was a heavily recruited and highly touted athlete while playing for the Compuware Jr. A team in the North American Hockey League. While with the Compuware Ambassadors Jeremy was named First Team All NAHL in 1997-1998, awarded playoff MVP in 1997-1998 and was also named MVP of the NAHL All Star Game in 1997-1998. While at Compuware Jeremy was also awarded the Barbara Ann Karmanos Award.

            After completing his degree at LSSU, Jeremy signed on to play with the Arkansas River Blades and then the Cincinnati Cyclone both of the ECHL. Despite being a rookie in the ECHL, Bachusz was named an Assistant Captain of the Cincinnati Cyclones. In 2004 Jeremy retired as a player and accepted a position with Merrill Lynch as a financial advisor.

Personal: Jeremy currently lives in Royal Oak, MI with his wife Becca, who is serving her residency in General Surgery at Detroit Medical Center. Jeremy’s brother Mike was also a captain of Lake Superior State hockey team and won an NCAA Division I National Championship in 1992.  

Gordie Schaeffler enters his fifth season with the Golden Grizzles. Gordie coordinates all off ice strength and conditioning, works with OU Hockey video editing and assists in all aspects of the program. Prior to coming to OU, Gordie served as an Associate Coach in 2004-2005 for Ferris State’s ACHA D-II team. Before starting his coaching career Schaeffler played at Ferris State University for the ACHA D-II team from 1999 to 2004 where he had been an assistant captain since his sophomore year. Schaeffler helped the Bulldogs to a third place finish in the 2000-2001 ACHA D-II National Tournament. In his final year coaching at FSU, he led the Bulldogs to a runner-up finish at the 2004 GMHL Play-offs against the Golden Grizzlies. Schaeffler Played in the first game in Oakland University hockey history as a freshmen playing for Ferris State University’s ACHA team.

Personal: Gordie (30) graduated from Ferris State University with a Bachelor degree in Business and a major in Public Relations in 2004. He is the Head Hockey Instructor at Total Performance Sports Training Center in Wixom, Michigan. Gordie resides in Royal Oak, MI.

Jon-Paul Ferrari enters his first season as Assistant Coach with the Golden Grizzles. Ferrari who played four years at Oakland University from 2003-2007 won three National Championships (2004, 2006 DII, 2007 DI). JP will assist in video editing, practice planning, and game day procedures. 

Personal: Jon-Paul (24) currently resides in Ferndale, MI. He is a head hockey instructor at Puckmasters Hockey Training in Wixom, MI. Ferrari graduated with honors from Oakland University with a bachelors in communication and a minor in advertising.

Will McMahon enters his first season as General Manager with the Golden Grizzlies. McMahon will be managing the financial aspects of the team as well as keeping the financial records of the Golden Grizzlies and arranging Oakland's accommodations and travel plans. 

While a player with Oakland McMahon scored 238 Goals and recorded 380 points during his career. He also won three National Championships (2004, 2006 DII, 2007 DI) while being named ACHA DII Player of the Year three times and once as the ACHA DI National Player of the year. McMahon was named National Tournament MVP in 2004 (DII) and 2007 (DI) and the Grizzlies team MVP four times.

Personal: McMahon currently resides in Shelby Twp, MI and graduated from OU with a bachelors in accounting.  McMahon works at Baker Tilly, a mid-west regional accounting firm, and specializes in assurance for the construction and real estate industries.  McMahon is currently pursuing his CPA license.

Corey Hagood is entering his fifth year with the OU Hockey team. Corey is a host and reporter for WXOU Sports. Hagood fills many roles for OU Hockey from directing all game day activities, to assigning volunteer score keepers, public address announcers, and game night dj's.

You can also hear Corey as the play by play announcer for all OU Hockey games. Corey has broadcasted the 2005 and 2006 ACHA DII National Tournaments as well as the 2007 and 2008 ACHA DI National Tournaments and covered the Plymouth Whalers Championship in the 2007 OHL Finals and the 2008 NHL Draft in Ottawa. Corey writes, compiles and calculates all OU Hockey statistics for the Gameday Sheets and contributes many of the articles you can find at www.oaklandhockey.org.

Carl Arndt enters his third season as the Golden Grizzly Color Commentator and Statistician. He can be heard broadcasting all of the team's home games on youcastr.com and compiles a list of information for the coaching staff including shots on goal, goals, assists, and plus/minus. Arndt also covered the 2008 NHL draft from Ottawa with fellow analyst Corey Hagood. He also helps Hagood co-writing the OU Hockey Game sheets and breaks down the team's Power Play and Penalty Kill statistics.

J.R Dunn enters his fifth season with OU. Prior to OU, Dunn served as an Assistant Coach with the Metro Jets of the Central States Junior B Hockey League. While with the Metro Jets, Dunn’s squad won a Jr. B National Championship in 2001-2002. Dunn’s playing career took him through the junior ranks as a player with the Metro Jets where he served as a captain and was known through out the league as a fierce competitor.

Personal: J.R (30) currently resides in Waterford, MI with his wife Stephanie, son Liam and daughter Mallory. He works as a Detroit Fireman and also served 4 years in the U.S Army where he was stationed overseas and participated in the Army boxing program. J.R's brother Alex played NCAA Division 1 hockey with the Lake Superior State Lakers and is currently playing with the Manchester Phoenix in the British Elite League.

Paul enters his first season with Oakland University Hockey as the teams Equipment Manager. Short is a 2007 graduate of the University of Michigan and is currently enrolled in the Masters of Counseling program at OU in hopes of becoming a high school Guidance Counselor. Though this is only his first year with the Grizzlies he looks forward to an exciting season and is eager to help the team accomplish its goals.

You can find him on the radio in his spare time with Director of Player Personal Corey Hagood as one half of The Sports Guys on 88.3 WXOU