Sharks Add Four to Hockey Operations, Promote Two

The San Jose Sharks announced six hockey operations changes on Friday, four outside hires and two internal promotions, in a club release from general manager Mike Grier dated Aug. 28.

The club hired Cameron Burt and Tyler Holske as amateur scouts. Burt previously served as a player development coach and mentor for junior teams in the Total Package Hockey Academy, and the Sharks job is his first with a professional hockey organization. He played four seasons at Rochester Institute of Technology, collecting 138 points in 147 games, and later appeared in 175 ECHL games.

Holske is currently general manager and head coach of the South Shore Kings of the USPHL's National Collegiate Development Conference. He has been in the Kings organization since 2016-17 and was promoted to head coach before the 2022-23 season. The team has won the league championship twice since then, in 2023-24 and 2025-26, and took back-to-back regular season titles in 2024-25 and 2025-26. Holske also worked as assistant general manager and director of scouting for the USHL's Sioux City Musketeers from 2023-24 through 2025-26, and as a New England regional scout for NHL Central Scouting from 2023 to 2026.

Scott Greenberg joins as head physical therapist and will work primarily with Director of High Performance Mike Potenza and the medical staff on physical therapy services and rehabilitation. Greenberg brings more than 25 years of experience in sports medicine, rehabilitation and healthcare leadership, including more than two decades with UF Health and the University of Florida.

Nathan Airey was hired as the team's emergency backup goaltender. Beginning in 2026-27, NHL teams are required to employ a full-time traveling emergency backup goalie. Airey spent the last three seasons at the University of Minnesota, where he posted a 2.86 goals-against average, a .893 save percentage and a 16-11-3 record with one shutout in 35 games.

The Sharks promoted Eric Pinsky from the San Jose Barracuda to assistant video coach. He had been video coach and manager of hockey operations with the AHL affiliate. Josh Woodard was promoted to head equipment manager after holding that title with the Barracuda last season, following two years as the club's assistant equipment manager.

The moves come less than a month before training camp opens. Grier hired Jeff Kealty as assistant general manager on July 17 to oversee the team's professional scouting staff.