Bruins announce hockey operations staff changes and new hires
Boston shifted Dean Malkoc to pro scout, promoted Josh Pohlkamp-Hartt and added staff in several roles, including two with Providence.
The Boston Bruins announced changes and new hires across their hockey operations staff.
Dean Malkoc is moving to pro scout after serving as associate director of amateur scouting since August 2022. The Bruins said he enters his 20th season with the organization and has played 11 professional seasons across the NHL, AHL and IHL, including four NHL seasons. He appeared in 73 games for Boston from 1996-97 to 1997-98.
Josh Pohlkamp-Hartt was promoted to director of hockey analytics after serving as associate director from 2023 to 2026. He joined Boston as a data scientist in 2019 and enters his eighth season with the club. His models support work ranging from draft evaluation to in-game strategy.
Cam Wolbach will serve as Providence's team operations and video coordinator after working as the AHL club's video coordinator in 2025-26. He previously spent five seasons as assistant director of hockey operations at Boston College. Benjamin Snyder joins Providence as assistant video coordinator after working as a student manager for the University of Connecticut hockey program.
The Bruins' six new hires are Kyle Chauvette, Josh Cooper, Leland Mack, Aidan Matthews, Snyder and Amanda Feldman. Chauvette will be Boston's emergency backup goaltender and a video scout. Under the updated NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement, each team must designate a full-time emergency backup goaltender who travels with the club for home and away games during 2026-27. Chauvette played for the University of New Hampshire in 2025-26 after three seasons at Union College.
Cooper joins as an amateur scout focused on the Ontario Hockey League after two seasons scouting for the London Knights. Mack will scout the Western Hockey League after serving as director of scouting for the Prince George Cougars in 2025-26. He previously spent 10 seasons scouting for the Seattle Thunderbirds.
Matthews is the Bruins' team services and operations specialist. She previously worked in baseball operations for the Savannah Bananas and Tacoma Rainiers. Feldman joins as team dietitian after serving as the Boston Fleet's sports dietitian from 2023 to 2026.
