HEAD COACHGOALIE COACHASSISTANT COACHJUNIOR VARSITY COACHBRAINERD WARRIOR COACHESText Box: Kvalevog was a standout goaltender at Bemidji High School and the University of North Dakota, where the Sioux won the 1997 NCAA championship in his final season. He spent the last two seasons as UND's goalie coach before securing his first teaching position in Brainerd this fall. In high school Kvalevog and the Lumberjacks made it to the section semifinals his junior year but won only two games his senior year. In his final season he faced 50 shots in a win against International Falls and 76 in a loss to Moorhead. Following his senior year at Bemidji, Kvalevog was drafted in the ninth round by the Ottawa Senators but he never played after college. Kvalevog's luck peaked at UND. As a freshman he was named to the WCHA All-Rookie Team. He played on the U.S. National Junior Team at the World Junior Championships in the Czech Republic and for the West team in the 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival in San Antonio. Toby continues to hold the most games played all time in his career at the Fighting Souix with 121 from 1993-1997. Text Box: Dave played hockey for the infamous Thief River Falls Prowlers. He than went on to play for Bemidji State University. At Bemidji he was part of the Division II National Championship team in 1993,1994 and 1995. Dave played baseball at BSU as well and than went on and played some minor league ball for the Grand Forks Varmints. He landed a teaching job here in Brainerd and has been coaching here for the Warriors since 1996. Dave was an assistant Hockey coach for 4 years than took a break and than came back on board in 2002. He has been in Brainerd for several years and has been an assistant coach for the Brainerd Baseball team too. HOME PAGE

James Archibald

Age: 46

Family: Wife Anne, Kids  Ali and Josh

College: University of North Dakota

Archibald played forward at the University of North Dakota and is a member of the school's hall of fame. At UND he was a four-year letter winner from 1982-85. In 154 games he tallied 75 goals and 69 assists for 144 points, 26th all time in school history. He is the all-time leader in career penalties (247) and career penalty minutes (540). His 12 career game-winning goals are tied for third all time at UND. Archibald's four seasons at UND, the Fighting Sioux went 111-53-6 overall and 70-38-5 in WCHA games. During his freshman season of 1981-82, UND went 35-12-0 - including a WCHA-best 19-7-0 record - and captured the WCHA title and the school's fourth national title. UND beat Wisconsin 5-2 in the NCAA title game in Providence, R.I. Archibald tallied 10-16-26 as a freshman and led the team with 96 PIM. As a sophomore, Archibald scored 7-14-21 in 33 games with 91 PIM as the Fighting Sioux went 21-13-2 overall and 16-9-2 (2nd place) in the WCHA. As a junior Archibald helped lead the Fighting Sioux to another second-place NCAA finish and a berth in the national semi-final. He scored 21-15-36 in 44 games and led the team with 156 PIM. Archibald truly broke through in his senior season, during which he served as co-captain. He led the team in goals (37), assists (24), points (61), power play goals (15) and PIM (197). UND went 24-16-2 overall and 19-14-2 in the WCHA, good for a fourth-place conference finish. His 37 goals that season still rank eighth-best on UND's single season charts and his 15 PPG are tied for fourth.

He was named UND's Male Athlete of the Year and the hockey team's Most Valuable Player and was named to the All-WCHA team.

He was a seventh-round pick by the Minnesota North Stars in 1981 and played parts of three seasons for the team.

Toby Kvalevog

Age: 34

Family: Wife-Maggie, Kids-Hunter, Hayden and Emma

College: University of North Dakota

Dave Stengrim

Age: 36

Family: Wife-Kari Kids-Kalvin and Kade

College: Bemidji State University

James Ernster

Age: 35

Family: Wife-Jennifer  Kids-Grace & Cassandra

College: University of St Thomas

Jim Ernster graduated in 1991 from BHS where he played football, hockey and baseball. He graduated from St. Thomas University in St. Paul where he played hockey for three seasons and obtained his masters degree from the University of Portland. He also went on to play in the USHL with the Northern Iowa Huskies for two years.

Jim was the Warriors girls hockey assistant coach for three years from 1999– 2002, he then succeeded Chuck Whalen, who resigned. In five seasons as head coach, Ernster's teams compiled a 62-58-7 overall record. Brainerd finished 14-12-0 his last season. In 2006 Jim resigned as the Girls coach.

In 2006 he became an assistant for boys hockey.