Denham enters his second season as the head coach and his fourth season with the Brock Badgers women’s hockey program.

In his first season at the helm, Denham led the Badgers to a school best 22-5 record. He was named both the OUA and CIS Coach of the Year.

For three seasons Denham was the head coach of the Ridley College Tigers girl’s hockey team. During that time the team’s overall record was 84–25–10. This included two CISAA championships, a silver medal and bronze medal in the North American Prep Hockey Association, and a bronze medal at OFSSA.

Denham was previously with the Brock Badgers as an assistant coach with the men’s hockey team. He assisted both Brock Hall of Fame inductee Mike Pelino (5 years) and current men’s hockey coach Murray Nystrom (1 year). His experience also includes 3 years as an assistant coach at the NCAA Division I level with the women’s hockey team at Niagara University and 2 seasons as head coach for the St.Catharines JR ‘B’ Falcons.

His formal training includes certification at the CAHA Advanced II Level. He also has his NCCP Level 3. Denham has attended numerous hockey clinics and has been an instructor and evaluator at several hockey schools and elite level evaluation camps.

Originally from Mississauga, he and his wife Michelle reside in St.Catharines with their family. He is the president of DENCO Engineering Ltd. a company he started himself in 1985 a few years after graduating from the University of Waterloo with a B.A.Sc. in Civil Engineering.

Staniforth enters her 13th full season as a coach with the Brock Badgers women’s hockey program.

She attended McMaster where she was a member of the varsity hockey team for three years as an OWUAA all-star team goalie. She has also coached at many different levels of hockey and continues to play the game on her own time.

Originally from Oakville, Sandy has been a resident of the Niagara Region for 15 years. She has been working for the Niagara Regional Police in St. Catharines for 15 years.

Clause enters her first season as an assistant coach with the Brock Badgers.

In her final season in 2010-11, Clause backstopped the Badgers to their best season in school history as they placed second in the OUA with a 22-5 record.

During the regular season, Clause posted a 19-4 record with a career-best 1.64 GAA and .943 SV%. For her performance, she was named an OUA First Team All-Star and CIS Second Team All-Canadian. She was also named the Brock Female Athlete of the Year.

In January 2011, Clause helped lead Team Canada to a gold medal at the 2011 World University Hockey Championships held in Turkey. She led all goaltenders in the tournament with three shutouts and a perfect goals against average of 0.00. 

Clause ended her five-year career as the all-time Brock leader in games (113), minutes played (6790:50), GAA (2.16), SV% (.931), wins (52), ties (8), shutouts (11), saves (3297) and consecutive games (91). She also holds Brock single season records for games (27), minutes played (1643), wins (19), ties (6), GAA (1.64), SV% (.943), saves (822), and shutouts (4).