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American General Managers 2026-27 PWHL Season PWHL Hamilton: Meghan Duggan PWHL Las Vegas: Dominique Didia Seattle Torrent: Meghan Turner Vancouver Goldeneyes: Alison Izzi Minnesota Frost: Melissa Caruso 30 // NOV/DEC 2026 USAHOCKEYMAGAZINE.COM TAKING THE REIGNS J osh Sciba, a Westland, Michigan, native, is thrilled for his coaching homecoming this season after being named the head coach for the PWHL's expansion team in Detroit following two seasons as an assistant coach for the New York Sirens. "This is home and especially meaningful for me and my entire family, knowing Detroit's rich hockey history and identity firsthand and how much the women's hockey community has been yearning for this moment," Sciba said at the time of his hire. Sciba served as an assistant coach for the 2026 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team that won gold at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and he has also been an assistant coach for the U.S. Women's National Team since 2022, helping lead the program to two IIHF Women's World Championship gold medals (2023, 2025). In 2020, he was an assistant coach for the U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team which won gold at the 2020 IIHF- Under-18 Women's World Championship. Prior to joining the PWHL, Sciba served as head coach of Union College's women's hockey program from 2016-24 after spending four sea- sons as an assistant coach at Colgate University from 2012-16. He previously spent four years on the coaching staff at Niagara University. Now it is full circle for Sciba as he returns to his hockey roots. The now 41-year-old fell in love with the game playing youth hockey in Michigan, including two sea- s o n s a t U S A H o c k e y 's N a t i o n a l Te a m D e v e l o p m e n t P r o g r a m i n P l y m o u t h , Michigan, before playing four years at the University of Notre Dame. Josh Sciba and Kim Weiss Set To Lead PWHL Detroit & Las Vegas Watch: Head Coach of PWHL Detroit Josh Sciba joins WWJ Digital Bonus Content