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Theresa Feaster has worked the past several years in administration for the Providence hockey program (photo: Providence Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not everyone can envision their career path from childhood.<\/p>\n

Theresa Feaster knew exactly where she wanted to be, and she had a blueprint of how to get there.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s not an NHL general manager yet, but at age 28, she\u2019s carving her own path, and that latest step is with Team USA at the World Junior Championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrowing up I wanted to be like my dad,\u201d said Feaster, whose father Jay Feaster was a GM with the Tampa Bay Lightning and Calgary Flames. \u201cWatching him and emulating him I think was something I saw that I really enjoyed and I think that\u2019s where it stemmed from.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feaster\u2019s path began early with Providence, where she\u2019s now the director of hockey operations. Now 28, Feaster was a student volunteer for the Friars as a junior when they won a national title in 2015, and head coach Nate Leaman kept her around as a graduate assistant.<\/p>\n

Through her rise in the ranks, all the way to Edmonton with Team USA, he\u2019s been her biggest advocate, and with good reason; she\u2019s aided his success with Providence, and he suspects it will be the same with Team USA.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s been great in every area,\u201d said Leaman, who is the head coach for the Americans. \u201cWhether it\u2019s the video or academic affairs, I would say all of that. When there\u2019s analytics, all of it\u2019s very good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leaman offered Feaster a full-time role in 2016, and she\u2019s now one of two women heading a men\u2019s hockey department in the country, along with Kelsey Harbison in Denver.<\/p>\n

She does a little bit of everything with Providence, but her favorite part is breaking down video, where she\u2019s made a difference in the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe really knows the ropes,\u201d said Leaman. \u201cShe\u2019s not just breaking the game down by, you can break clips down by like, this is the forecheck and the neutral zone, she could do that but she also has a good feel for the game as far as the big things that a coach needs to see during a game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feaster said that love for the film end of hockey began as a kid when she was watching VHS hockey tapes with her dad and they would do so for \u201chours.\u201d That was one of the big elements that drew her into the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can watch it and know it\u2019s objective,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s all right there in front of you. Being able to break it down and hopefully make you better, I just really enjoyed diving in and getting lost in the video.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her skills breaking down that film is why Leaman knew he wanted Feaster on his staff in Edmonton, where she\u2019s already gotten to work breaking down practices with a strong appreciation for working with some of the best young talent in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou just see how great these players are,\u201d she said. \u201cEverything\u2019s first class and it\u2019s really amazing to see what a great product the hockey is.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s something Feaster will have to get used to in her journey to the NHL, something Leaman has unwavering confidence can happen for her.<\/p>\n

Having a connection to the game since a child is certainly an advantage, but if and when Feaster makes it to the highest level of men\u2019s hockey, it\u2019ll be from her work ethic.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to be very bright (to be a GM),\u201d he said. \u201cYou have to make extremely sound decisions through experience, and I think she has the attributes to do those things. She\u2019s been around the game long enough and she\u2019s getting around the game enough that she\u2019ll be able to evaluate, so I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any reason she couldn\u2019t fulfill that dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

That first step started in Providence when Leaman saw how much Feaster helped en route to the Friars title half a decade ago and it continues thousands of miles away as Team USA prepares for making a title run of their own.<\/p>\n

Her experience can only help the Friars as well, Leaman thinks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would imagine as this elevates players it also elevates coaches,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I don\u2019t know why it wouldn\u2019t elevate Theresa. I was just having a conversation with her about our Providence team and comparing it to the World Juniors, and, yeah, I think this will help her, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feaster said she hasn\u2019t spent too much time worrying about what\u2019s next aside from getting back on campus to help Providence with the next half of its regular season in Hockey East.<\/p>\n

Long term, though, she\u2019s dreaming big, and she has every reason to.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important for me to take things one day at a time,\u201d she said. \u201cYou don\u2019t want to get too far ahead of yourself. That\u2019s the way I try to look at it. I\u2019m just trying to help Team USA and help Providence to win a national title.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not everyone can envision their career path from childhood. Theresa Feaster knew exactly where she wanted to be, and she had a blueprint of how to get there. She\u2019s not an NHL general manager yet, but at age 28, she\u2019s carving her own path, and that latest step is with Team USA at the World […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":124532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[812],"coauthors":[880],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFor Providence staffer Feaster, position with Team USA could be springboard to NHL job - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Not everyone can envision their career path from childhood. 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