Jason Tapp and Stavros Paskaris Join Men's Hockey Coaching Staff

HANOVER, N.H. – Koenig Family Head Coach of Dartmouth Men's Hockey Reid Cashman has announced the additions of Jason Tapp and Stavros Paskaris to his staff for the 2020-21 season.

Tapp will serve as associate head coach, while Paskaris joins as an assistant coach.

Coming to Hanover after 11 seasons at Union, Tapp helped elevate the Dutchmen to a national power that included three ECAC Hockey postseason titles (2012, '13 and '14) and the 2014 Division I National Championship.

He began his tenure in Schenectady as the goaltending coach for two seasons under Nate Leaman before being hired as a full-time assistant following Rick Bennett's promotion to head coach in 2011.

The British Columbia native was then promoted to Union's associate head coach in 2016. He has been instrumental in the program's recruiting of top-tier talent that took the program to the height of college hockey.

Under his guidance, Union has produced three ECAC Hockey Goaltenders of the Year, two Best Defensive Defenseman and ranked first (2011-12), fourth (2013-14) and seventh (2012-13) nationally in scoring defense.

Tapp has worked with numerous players in Schenectady who would go on to take their game to the NHL, including Troy Grosenick, Keith Kinkaid, Jeff Taylor and Shayne Gostisbehere.

He has also helped groom and develop five All-Americans on either defense (Mat Bodie and Gostisbehere) or in goal (Grosenick, Kinkaid and Colin Stevens) as well as a pair of Hobey Baker Finalists (Grosenick and Gostisbehere).

Tapp played four seasons at Boston University as a goaltender, graduating in 2002 with a degree in US History. Following his career with the Terriers, he would play in Europe with Nijmegen Tigers of the Dutch Superliga before returning to North America to play with Columbus Cottonmouths (ECHL), Quad City Mallards (UHL), Corpus Christi Rayz (CHL), Knoxville Ice Bears (SEHL/ACHL) and Kalamazoo Wings (IHL).

Twice tabbed as a UHL All-Star as a member of Quad City, Tapp set franchise records for minutes played in a season and consecutive starts (33). He also established a single-season mark for games played with Corpus Christi and was named team MVP.

Tapp is married to Nicol Lally. The couple have two daughters, Ella and Avery, and a son, Kellen.

Paskaris makes the move to Dartmouth from Princeton where he was a staff member from 2014-20, helping the program capture the 2018 ECAC Hockey Tournament Championship and earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

That season, the Tigers boasted the best scoring offense in the nation, averaging 3.64 goals per game behind 50-plus point seasons from second-team All-Americans Ryan Kuffner and Max Véronneau. The duo finished third and fifth, respectively, in the nation in scoring as Vérronneau was the nation's assist leader and Kuffner was second in goals per game. Additionally, junior Josh Teves led the nation in defenseman scoring and Princeton had the top ranked power-play unit, converting 27.7 percent during the season.

Prior to his time with Princeton, Paskaris was an assistant for five seasons at Adrian College under Ron Fogarty, who would bring him to New Jersey when he was named the Tigers' bench boss in 2014. As the first assistant and recruiting coordinator at Adrian, Paskaris helped the Bulldogs to a 114-19-9 record. The team won four Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association (MCHA) regular-season titles, three MCHA playoff championships and earned four NCAA Tournament bids.

A 2008 graduate of Wayne State, Paskaris was a four-year member of the varsity hockey team, earning College Hockey America Rookie of the Year honors in 2005 as well as first team recognition as a senior after averaging more than a point per game. Following his collegiate career, Paskaris joined Dayton (ECHL) to finish out the 2007-08 season.
In addition to his bachelor's in business administration from Wayne State, Paskaris earned a master's degree in recreation and sport sciences from Ohio University in 2009.

He, and his wife Shannon (née Bowman '09), have a daughter Effie. Shannon was a four-year member of the Dartmouth women's hockey team, appearing in 127 games from 2005-09 and recording 106 points (40 goals, 66 assists).

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