The team

Built by hockey and technology people.

Hockey Connect is built by a team that lives at the intersection of elite sport and advanced AI, supported by an advisory board of former professionals and coaches who keep our intelligence grounded in how the game is really played, coached and developed.

Morten Kriek

Founder & CEO

Morten Kriek is a former international cricketer and ice hockey player, with professional playing experience in the Surrey League and a career as analyst for the Dutch national cricket team. He holds a Master's in Positive Psychology from IE Business School and Yale School of Management, and brings extensive experience in banking technology and AI. At Hockey Connect, Morten combines his first-hand understanding of elite sport with advanced analytics to build explainable, decision-focused intelligence grounded in how the game is actually played.

Damir Vodenicarevic

Fractional CTO

Damir holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and is the co-founder of Massa Labs and Clehance AI. He brings deep expertise in engineering, infrastructure, and state-of-the-art AI techniques to Hockey Connect, ensuring the platform delivers the most innovative and reliable analytics experience in hockey.

Advisory board

Grounded in the elite game

Advisors with deep, first-hand experience in professional and collegiate hockey, ensuring our analysis reflects how the game is played, coached and developed at the highest level.

Rob O’Gara

Advisor · Coaching & Player Development

Rob O’Gara is a former NHL defenceman and hockey coach with deep experience across collegiate, professional and elite coaching environments. At Yale University he was a two-time All-American, a three-time Ivy League champion and part of the 2013 National Championship team. He graduated in 2016 as the most decorated defenceman in the programme’s history. Drafted by the Boston Bruins in 2011, he played more than 200 games across six professional seasons in the NHL and AHL, including spells with the Bruins and New York Rangers. He was also assistant captain of both the Hartford Wolf Pack and the Hershey Bears. After retiring in 2021, he returned to Yale as assistant coach for five seasons, leading team defensive systems, individual defenceman development and recruiting. As an advisor to Hockey Connect, Rob helps ensure the platform’s intelligence is grounded in how the game is really played, coached and developed at the highest level. He is currently Head Coach at Taft School.

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