Hockey Operations

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Layne Sedevie – Head Coach & General Manager

The 2023-24 Season will mark the 14th as Bobcats head coach for Bismarck native Layne Sedevie. Sedevie, 40, joined the Bobcat bench as an assistant coach under Byron Pool in 2009 after a long playing career that spanned the junior, collegiate and professional ranks. After winning the Robertson Cup in his first and only year as assistant, Sedevie took the head coaching role prior to the 2010-11 season.

Prior to his days as a Bobcat coach, Layne spent two years as a goaltender in the USHL with both the Sioux Falls Stampede and Topeka Scarecrows before moving on to a four-year career in net at Bemidji State University, compiling a 29-21-4 record as a Beaver. After graduation, he spent a year in the Central Hockey League, split between the Wichita Thunder and the Youngstown Steelhounds.

The Bobcats have qualified for the playoffs in 9 of 11 seasons (the 2020 season was cut short due to COVID-19.) Under his command, more than 100 players have accepted NCAA Division I hockey commitments.

 

Hunter Laslo – Assistant Coach

E-mail: hlaslo23@gmail.com

Hunter Laslo enters his third season as the Bobcats’ assistant coach.

Laslo, a southern California native, comes to Bismarck from the New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs of the United States Premier Hockey League, an organization with whom he spent three seasons as a player. Laslo served as head coach of the 16U team, his first coaching job out of college, before joining the Bobcats for the 2021-22 season.

Laslo is a 2020 graduate of NCAA Division III SUNY Brockport in Brockport, N.Y. where he played in 98 games over four seasons.

 

Niko Kapetanovic – Assistant General Manager

Kapetanovic has been with the Bobcats since 2017 and the team’s head scout since 2020. Niko was named assistant GM in 2023. He also works in the USHL, currently with the Tri-City Storm as their Minnesota regional scout.  Originally from southeastern Wisconsin, Niko resides in the Twin Cities currently and is an assistant coach at Cretin-Derham Hall High School.
 
His playing career started in Bismarck and ended in Albert Lea, playing in the NAHL for 3 seasons before heading to UW-Eau Claire.  At Eau Claire, Niko was a member of the 2013 NCAA Division III National Championship Blugolds along with multiple other Bobcat alumni.

 

 

   
 

 

Jack Callahan – Scout

Callahan was drafted in the 7th round by the Lincoln Stars of the United States Hockey League (USHL) and played junior hockey in both the North American Hockey League (NAHL) for the Springfield Jr. Blues/Fairbanks Ice Dogs and the Eastern Junior League (EJHL) before advancing to the college hockey ranks. Callahan spent one year at Quinnipiac University competing at the Division 1 level in the ECAC, before transferring to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where he won the National Championship and earned 1st and 2nd team All-American honors at the Division 3 level. Following graduation, Callahan played professional hockey overseas in France and in the US. Callahan also received his Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from American University.

  

Greg Anderson – Scout

Anderson is entering his first year working with the Bismarck Bobcats. Greg played several seasons at the AAA level before moving on to play Junior Hockey for the St. Louis Jr. Blues (CSHL). He continued his playing career at Marian University and at Robert Morris University. Residing in St. Louis, Missouri, he enters his fourth season as Head Coach for the CarShield AAA Hockey Club (2007). Prior to joining CarShield he coached ten seasons with the St. Louis Jr. Blues of the NA3HL.

 

Brendon Ehrlich – Athletic Trainer

PT, DPT, LAT, ATC

Ehrlich is entering his second season as the Head Athletic Trainer of the Bobcats. He is a native of Bismarck and attended Bismarck High School before going on to study at the University of Mary, where he received a Bachelor’s in Athletic Training and minor in Wellness in 2017. He then continued his time at the University of Mary and received his Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2020. Brendon works for Sanford as an outpatient physical therapist and athletic trainer.