Allyson Bendfeld, Assistant Coach

Bio

Allyson Bendfeld is the assistant coach for the Olds Broncos.

Her 29 year hockey career has included many milestones, including being a player in the first ever female hockey tournament at the Alberta Winter Games in 1994.

In university, as a member of the Augustana University College Vikings, Bendfeld played in the inaugural season of the ACAC women’s hockey league and received all star honours for her play that year.

Next, Bendfeld transferred to the University of Alberta to pursue her Bachelors of Education. While there, she played for the University of Alberta Pandas. In her 3 years with the team, the Pandas experienced 3 undefeated seasons and 3 National Championships.

As a coach, she has been an assistant coach with the Red Deer Sutter Fund Female Midget AAAs and head coach of the Red Deer Sutter Fund Female Bantam AAAs. She has also volunteered with Hockey Alberta for the last 15 years. Bendfeld has been a head coach and coach mentor for teams in the Alberta Challenge Cup and the Alberta Winter Games. She also has experience with Team Alberta as she served as an assistant coach with Team Alberta at the 2014 U18 National Championships where Team Alberta won a bronze medal; as video coach for the 2019 Canada Winter Games where Team Alberta won a gold medal; and was recently named to the staff for the upcoming 2023 Canada Winter Games.

She is looking forward to the challenges in helping build a successful hockey program in Olds.