Born in Calgary, Alex Mandolidis played his junior hockey for the Calgary Canucks and Drayton Valley Thunder of the Alberta Junior Hockey League. Prior to joining the Mount Royal University men’s hockey program in 2019-20, Mandolidis was an assistant coach for the Calgary Mustangs and before that served as head coach of the U18 AAA Northstars and Flames for two seasons; respectively. Mandolidis has also been a head coach for several Alberta Cup teams and video and assistant coach with Team Alberta U16 program, earning a bronze medal at the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer.
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In addition to working with various teams, Mandolidis has completed several coach certification programs, which include: the Hockey Canada/National Coach Certification Program High Performance II, USA Hockey Level 4, Hockey Alberta High Performance I and Hockey Canada's U17 Program of Excellence Seminar. Mandolidis also works on the Mac’s U18 AAA Hockey tournament on the board of directors.
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