Travis Tollette
Assistant Coach
Travis Tollette is in his third season as an assistant hockey coach at SJU in 2026-27. SJU (17-7-4, 10-3-3 MIAC) swept both MIAC titles for the fifth time in program history in 2025-26 with Tollette on staff. The Johnnies won their 10th MIAC regular-season championship and first since 2020, as well as their first MIAC playoff championship (sixth overall) and trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament (seventh overall) since 2013. SJU finished the season ranked No. 15 in the final DIIIHockeyNews.com poll. A 2013 graduate of Bethel University, Tollette served as an assistant coach for the Royals for five seasons from 2018-23. The Andover native coached at the youth, high school – as an assistant coach at Providence Academy for two seasons (2016-18) – and elite league levels for five years. In 2021-22, Tollette helped lead Bethel to its first MIAC playoff appearance in 14 years and the Royals became just the second team defeat U.S. National Under-18 Team in the last 20 years on Oct. 15, 2022 (4-2).
Noora Räty
Goaltender Coach
Noora Räty is in her third season as the Johnnies' goaltender coach in 2026-27. She is also in her third season as an assistant coach for the Division I St. Cloud State women's team. She represented Finland in four Olympic Games and nine IIHF World Championships, winning two Olympic bronze medals and five IIHF medals (one silver, four bronze). She earned All-Star honors at the 2018 Olympics in South Korea. She was the IIHF tournament's MVP in 2008. Her club career has included playing in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), the Naisten Liiga (called the Naisten SM-sarja until 2017), and the Russian Women's Hockey League, in addition to being the first woman to play as a goaltender in both the Finnish men's second- and third-tier professional leagues, the Mestis and the Suomi-sarja. Räty was one of the nine founding board members of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) and the only member to hold citizenship outside of North America. Collegiately, she was a two-time All-American and won two national championships at Division I Minnesota. She owns the NCAA record for winning percentage in a season (1.000/38-0 in 2013), is second in career goalie shutouts (43), tied for second in career goalie wins (114) and is fifth in career save percentage (.946).
Dave Laliberte
Volunteer Assistant Coach
Dave Laliberte '00 is in his third season as a volunteer assistant coach in 2026-27. Laliberte helped lead SJU to a MIAC championship sweep in 2025-26. He also served as the head hockey coach at the College of Saint Benedict from 2003-05. He compiled a record 13-30-2. A native of Wausau, Wis., Laliberte graduated with his degree in social science with minors in secondary education, history and coaching. He served as the head girls hockey coach at Woodbury High School from 2000-03 while also teaching social studies. He was also the assistant coach for the St. Cloud Icebreakers from 1998-00.
