Staff

Barry Soskin

Mississippi Sea Wolves Owner

Barry has been involved as an owner of various teams in the past 25 years such as the two time champion Toledo Storm of the East Coast Hockey League, Nashville Nighthawks of the Central Hockey League, Waterloo Blackhawks of the United States Hockey League, Traverse City Enforcers of the Continental Junior Hockey League and the Pelham Prowlers of the Southeast Hockey League.

Barry is married to his wife, Fran for 28 years and has three children, Heather, Brian and Rachel. Barry and his family resides in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

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Joe Pace

Mississippi Sea Wolves C.E.O / Director of Hockey Operations

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A Northbrook, IL native, Pace began his professional playing career in the UHL for the Rockford Icehogs and spent the next several years playing in the CHL, IHL and SPHL. Having amassed 960 penalty minutes and 101 points in 347 games. Highlights of his career include winnning the RBC Championship in 2005 with the Weyburn Red Wings and back-to-back trips to the FHL finals in his 2013-14 (W) and 2014-15 (L) seasons.

Joe Pace resides in Biloxi with his wife Allie and their three children.

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Phil Esposito

General Manager

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Phil Esposito is the 6th General Manager/Head Coach in the history of the Sea Wolves.

"Espo" joins the Wolf Pack after a professional career that started in 1991 with the Hampton Roads Admirals of the ECHL. He had many stops along the way, but settled on the coast, playing two seasons for the Mobile Mysticks.

His coaching career began in 2011 with the Danbury Whalers. Esposito coached Danbury into the FPHL Championship Finals in his first three seasons with the team, four Finals appearances in six seasons in the league. He is the winningest FPHL coach in its history with a record of 190-106-29.

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Allie Pace

Accounting

Allie is a native of Glenview, Illinois. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in Sociology and minor in Spanish. She is eager to help shape the Mississippi Sea Wolves into the most successful franchise in FPHL history.

Beyond hockey, Allie is a mom of 3 amazing kiddos. Allie's dream is to one day build a non-profit intensive Sensory Integration program for the treatment and cure of Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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Jerod Campbell

Director of Game Day Operations / Corporate Partnerships

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A native of Biloxi Ms Jerod is a lifelong hockey fan on the Mississippi Gulf coast. Jerod plans to provide you with a memorable game day experience this season and is also happy to assist you and your business in partnering with The Mississippi Sea Wolves.

Justin Barr

Community Relations

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Native of Hillside, Illinois, suburb of Chicago, Barr has seven years of minor pro hockey experience including ECHL, SPHL, and FHL. Justin played on the AAHL Champions Cup winning team two years in a row.

He is also a fire fighter with the Long Beach Fire Department

Justin resides in Ocean Springs with his wife Maria, and their two children Mia and Leo.

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Kory DuMond

Season tickets / Group Sales

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Originally born in Erie, Pennsylvania, Kory has been on the Gulf Coast since 2018 and was Head Coach of the U12 team in 2019. He also serves as the GCA President. Kory has been on skates since age 3 and played all over the East Coast and Canada at the Midget and Junior level, ending his career after 4 years at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, PA. Kory previously worked with the Biloxi Shuckers. He has also worked in the MLB and NHL.

Josh Law

PA Announcer / Marketing

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A native of Biloxi, Mississippi, Josh is a lifelong hockey fan on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He played hockey with the Mississippi Jr. Surge and the Pensacola Jr. Ice flyers. Graduating from Mississippi State University in 2019, he has gone on to work with the Biloxi Shuckers with their broadcast group. Josh looks to bring back past Biloxi hockey sponsors as well as find new sponsorship opportunities. He will also look to find new and fun ways for fan engagement at games.

Josh currently resides in Long Beach, Mississippi.

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