Tryout Schedule (Chatham-Kent Cyclones AAA Hockey Association)

Kyle Hope

Head Coach Kyle Hope was drafted out of the Chatham Kent Cyclones program to the Oshawa Generals (45th overall in the 2009 OHL draft).  Kyle played 2.5 OHL seasons with the Oshawa Generals and 2.5 seasons with the Owen Sound Attack. At the end of his overage season, Kyle was signed to the Cleveland Monsters of the AHL to finish out the year. After the season, Kyle attended the University of Windsor where he played for 5 years, making it to the Nationals once.

Kyle graduated from the University of Windsor with a Business Administration Major and Computer Science Minor. At the completion of University, he signed with the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL to finish out the season. In 2019, Kyle was signed by the Manchester Storm of the EIHL in England, and played half the season before transferring to the Frederikshavn White Hawks of the top Danish league where he would go on to win a Final 4 Championship. At the end of the 2021 season, Kyle retired from professional hockey and came back to Blenheim, Ontario where he would start coaching minor hockey and open a hockey school called Southwest Hockey. ×