Team Leadership
Eric 'Shake' Reetz — Captain
One of the original Minnesota Sentinels, our first team captain, and a former U.S. Army infantryman who somehow traded military formations for trying to organize grown adults wearing ice skates.
Shake has been helping hold this circus together since the beginning. Whether it's keeping the locker room united, leading by example, or preventing another brilliant idea from becoming an incident report, he's usually the steady hand on the wheel.
A respected leader, a dependable teammate, and living proof that even after military service, some poor soul still ends up responsible for supervising the troops.
Leadership style: Calm, collected, and quietly wondering why nobody listens.
Michael 'Mikey' Ullmer — Alternate Captain
U.S. Army Military Police veteran, founding Sentinel, organization president, and the man responsible for turning what started as seven hockey players in 2021 into a nonprofit hockey organization with more than 100 participants.
What began as a simple idea to bring veterans and first responders together through hockey somehow evolved into an organization requiring meetings, spreadsheets, paperwork, and an alarming number of emails.
When he's not handling the behind-the-scenes business of the Sentinels, Mikey can usually be found between the pipes, voluntarily standing in front of frozen rubber traveling at unreasonable speeds.
Eight years in the Army apparently weren't enough to convince him to stop putting himself in harm's way.
Leadership style: Make a plan, execute the plan, and then figure out who approved all these additional plans.
Tim “Pete” Hathaway — Alternate Captain
U.S. Army Signal Corps veteran, lifelong hockey enthusiast, and a former 1990s rollerblading trickster who apparently decided that wheels weren't dangerous enough and eventually returned to playing hockey on ice.
After a lengthy break from the sport, Tim found his way back to the rink and into the Minnesota Sentinels, where his experience, enthusiasm, and unmistakable personality made him a welcome addition to the team's leadership.
Somewhere along the way, he acquired the nickname “Pete.” We're not entirely sure how that happened, but the team has demonstrated absolutely no interest in conducting an investigation or allowing the name to disappear.
A valued teammate who brings experience, camaraderie, and just enough personality to keep things entertaining.
Leadership style: Experienced, enthusiastic, and occasionally accompanied by questions about the nickname.
Dilan “Casper” Miemietz — Alternate Captain
U.S. Army engineer, Minnesota Sentinels Alternate Captain, and the team's unofficial Director of Things Nobody Else Realized Needed to Get Done.
Casper is one of those unfortunate individuals who made the tactical error of being reliable, organized, and capable of solving problems. Naturally, the rest of the organization responded by finding him additional problems to solve.
From helping coordinate team activities to handling behind-the-scenes responsibilities, Casper plays an important role in keeping the Sentinels functioning while the rest of us are busy contributing to the chaos.
A dedicated teammate, valuable leader, and shining example of why you should occasionally pretend you don't know how to fix something.
Leadership style: Identify the problem, solve the problem, and immediately inherit three more problems.
Unofficial motto: “How did this become my problem?”
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