New Mexico Renegades

Peter Ambroziak
Selected by Buffalo Sabres round 4 #72 overall 1991 NHL Entry Draft

Drafted from the Ontario Hockey League's Ottawa 67's, Ambroziak debuted with Buffalo's American Hockey League affiliates, the Rochester Americans, in the 1991–92 season. He played with the Americans for three seasons, and made his only NHL appearances with the Sabres during the 1994–95 season. He played in 12 games, recording one assist.

Ambroziak spent the next four seasons between the AHL, the International Hockey League, and the United Hockey League. He settled in with the New Mexico Scorpions of the Western Professional Hockey League for the 1999–2000 season, and stayed with the franchise through the league's merger with the Central Hockey League. His final season with the Scorpions was the 2004–05 season, the team's final season in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Ambroziak is currently the all-time record holder for goals, assists, points and games played in franchise history.  On March 5th, 2005 the Scorpions retired Ambroziak's #12 jersey.

                                            --- Regular Season ---  ---- Playoffs ----
Season   Team                        Lge    GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  GP   G   A Pts PIM
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1988-89  Ottawa 67's                 OHL    50    8   15   23   11  12   1   2   3   2
1989-90  Ottawa 67's                 OHL    60   13   19   32   37   4   0   0   0   2
1990-91  Ottawa 67's                 OHL    62   30   32   62   56  17  15   9  24  24
1991-92  Ottawa 67's                 OHL    49   32   49   81   50  11   3   7  10  33
1991-92  Rochester Americans         AHL     2    0    1    1    0  --  --  --  --  --
1992-93  Rochester Americans         AHL    50    8   10   18   37  12   4   3   7  16
1993-94  Rochester Americans         AHL    22    3    4    7   53  --  --  --  --  --
1994-95  Rochester Americans         AHL    46   14   11   25   35   4   0   0   0   6
1994-95  Buffalo Sabres              NHL    12    0    1    1    0  --  --  --  --  --
1995-96  Albany River Rats           AHL     8    2    1    3   25  --  --  --  --  --
1995-96  Cornwall Aces               AHL    50    9   15   24   42   8   1   1   2   4
1996-97  Fort Wayne Komets           IHL    57   15    5   20   28  --  --  --  --  --
1997-98  Hershey Bears               AHL    63    7   11   18   61   5   0   1   1   6
1998-99  Flint Generals              UHL    40   19   27   46   90   5   0   2   2  12
1998-99  Detroit Vipers              IHL    33    5    8   13   30   2   0   0   0   0
1999-00  New Mexico Scorpions        WPHL   57   44   43   87   86   9   3   4   7  30
2000-01  New Mexico Scorpions        WPHL   59   39   39   78  107  --  --  --  --  --
2001-02  New Mexico Scorpions        CHL    40   17   21   38   60  --  --  --  --  --
2002-03  New Mexico Scorpions        CHL    52   20   32   52   44   4   2   0   2   4
2003-04  New Mexico Scorpions        CHL    54   26   29   55   66  --  --  --  --  --
2004-05  New Mexico Scorpions        CHL    35   16   18   34   50  --  --  --  --  --
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         NHL Totals                         12    0    1    1    0

Coaching History

1999-2005  New Mexico Scorpions CHL -Player/Assistant Coach
2008-2009  New Mexico Scorpions CHL -Assistant Coach
2009-2010  New Mexico Renegades WSHL -Head Coach

Kevin Blair

Kevin brings a wealth of goaltending knowledge to the Renegades and will be loooked upon to develop our young goaltending crew.

Kevin had the opportunity to work alongside Andy Moog, Arturs Irbe,
and Ed Belfour while working for the Dallas Stars.

He also worked with former New Mexico Scorpion star goalie Tony Martino (when he was with the Abilene Aviators) and 
helped out with Rick Heinz and Mitch Korn Goalie schools.

Kelly McDonald

Back for his second season with the Renegades, Kelly is a Certified Athletic Trainer and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. He has a bachelors degree in athletic training from the University of Tulsa and a masters degree in sports health care from the Arizona School of Health Sciences in Mesa, AZ. He has been a Certified Athletic Trainer for 13 years working in a variety of settings.  Most recently he has been managing the industrial rehabilitation program for VibrantCare Rehab the last 6 years.  Prior to that, Kelly served as the athletic trainer for the NM Scorpions for almost 4 years where he worked with head coach Peter Ambroziak.  Kelly is married and has 2 children and resides in Tijeras, NM.

John Ambroziak

Herbert Kyles

Herbert Kyles played his youth and midget hockey in the Kansas City area before making the jump to Junior A.  After a season ending injury in November of his rookie year playing for Tulsa in the WSHL, he found a permanent home with the New Mexico Renegades for his final season of Junior A hockey.  Kyles is set to attend school this season at Framingham State College in the MASCAC after being recruited by the hockey team.  He will major in either Business Administration or Economics with an Accounting concentration.  Kyles also operates the AmericanJuniorHockey.com, AmericanCollegeHockey.com blogs as well as the New Mexico Renegades blog.